Biography:
The band General Public formed after the 1983 break-up of The Beat (aka The English Beat). Ex-Beat vocalists Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger joined up with keyboardist Mickey Billingham (Dexys Midnight Runners), bassist Horace Panter (The Specials) and drummer Stoker (Dexys Midnight Runners/The Bureau) to form the band. Guitarist Mick Jones of The Clash was also originally announced as a band member.
General Public signed to I.R.S. Records and released All the Rage (1984).
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro
F/// C/G/ (x2)
[VERSE]
F/// C/G/
I don't know when to start or when to stop
F/// C/G/
My luck's like a button, I can't stop pushing it
F/// C/G/
My head feels light but I'm still in the dark
F/// C/G/
Seems like without tenderness there's something missing
[CHORUS]
F/// C/G/
Tenderness, Where is the
F/// C/G/
Tenderness, Where is it?
[VERSE]
F/// C/G/
I don't know where I am but I know, I don't like it
F/// C/G/
I open my mouth and out pops something spiteful
F/// C/G/
Words are so cheap, but they can turn out expensive
F/// C/G/
Words like conviction can turn into a sentence
[PRE CHORUS]
Em///
I held your hands
F/G/
Rings but none on that finger
Em///
We danced and danced
Am/G/
But I was scared to go much further with it
Em///
Just half a chance
F/G/
Make sure that one night you're here
Em///
But next night you're not
Am/G/
It always leaves me searching for a little
[CHORUS] (x3)
G/F/
Tenderness
C/G/
Where is the Tenderness?
[BRIDGE]
Em///
Whistling in the graveyard
F///
Calling up your girlfriend
G///
Just trying to make her understand
F///
You're squeezing the telephone like it was her hand
Em///
No question (So many questions)
F///
She's going to catch you out boy
G///
It all seems so underhand
G///
Now she's the only thing that ever made you feel like a
Bb///
man, man Madman, madman
[REPEAT INTRO]
F/// C/G/ (x2)
[CHORUS]
G/F/ C/G/ (x2)
Where is the Tenderness (Little tenderness)
G/F/ C/G/ (x2)
Where is the Tenderness (Little tenderness)
G/F/ C/G/ (x2)
Where is it?
[PRE CHORUS]
Em///
But I held your hands
F/G/
Rings but none on that finger
Em///
We danced and danced
Am/G/
But I was scared to go much further with it
Em///
Just half a chance
F/G/
Make sure that one night you're here
Em///
But next night you're not
Am/G/
It always leaves me searching for a little
[CHORUS]
G/F/ C/G/
Tenderness (x5)
[OUTRO]
G/F/
When you're sick to death of second best, pet (Tenderness)
C/G/
Why should the morning always find you unimpressed? (Tenderness)
G/F/
Is your love like a button? (Tenderness)
C/G/
You can't stop pushing it? (Tenderness)
G/F/
Oh, this all night longing can be such a long time (Tenderness)
C/G/
Tenderness (repeat)
GENERAL PUBLIC WIKI PAGE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Public
F/// C/G/ (x2)
[VERSE]
F/// C/G/
I don't know when to start or when to stop
F/// C/G/
My luck's like a button, I can't stop pushing it
F/// C/G/
My head feels light but I'm still in the dark
F/// C/G/
Seems like without tenderness there's something missing
[CHORUS]
F/// C/G/
Tenderness, Where is the
F/// C/G/
Tenderness, Where is it?
[VERSE]
F/// C/G/
I don't know where I am but I know, I don't like it
F/// C/G/
I open my mouth and out pops something spiteful
F/// C/G/
Words are so cheap, but they can turn out expensive
F/// C/G/
Words like conviction can turn into a sentence
[PRE CHORUS]
Em///
I held your hands
F/G/
Rings but none on that finger
Em///
We danced and danced
Am/G/
But I was scared to go much further with it
Em///
Just half a chance
F/G/
Make sure that one night you're here
Em///
But next night you're not
Am/G/
It always leaves me searching for a little
[CHORUS] (x3)
G/F/
Tenderness
C/G/
Where is the Tenderness?
[BRIDGE]
Em///
Whistling in the graveyard
F///
Calling up your girlfriend
G///
Just trying to make her understand
F///
You're squeezing the telephone like it was her hand
Em///
No question (So many questions)
F///
She's going to catch you out boy
G///
It all seems so underhand
G///
Now she's the only thing that ever made you feel like a
Bb///
man, man Madman, madman
[REPEAT INTRO]
F/// C/G/ (x2)
[CHORUS]
G/F/ C/G/ (x2)
Where is the Tenderness (Little tenderness)
G/F/ C/G/ (x2)
Where is the Tenderness (Little tenderness)
G/F/ C/G/ (x2)
Where is it?
[PRE CHORUS]
Em///
But I held your hands
F/G/
Rings but none on that finger
Em///
We danced and danced
Am/G/
But I was scared to go much further with it
Em///
Just half a chance
F/G/
Make sure that one night you're here
Em///
But next night you're not
Am/G/
It always leaves me searching for a little
[CHORUS]
G/F/ C/G/
Tenderness (x5)
[OUTRO]
G/F/
When you're sick to death of second best, pet (Tenderness)
C/G/
Why should the morning always find you unimpressed? (Tenderness)
G/F/
Is your love like a button? (Tenderness)
C/G/
You can't stop pushing it? (Tenderness)
G/F/
Oh, this all night longing can be such a long time (Tenderness)
C/G/
Tenderness (repeat)
GENERAL PUBLIC WIKI PAGE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Public
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