Biography:
Nik Kershaw (born Nicholas David Kershaw, 1 March 1958, in Bristol) is an English singer-songwriter. A former jazz-funk guitarist, he was a 1980s teen idol; his 62 weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1984-5 beat all other solo artists at the time. He appeared at Live Aid in 1985, and has penned a number of hits for other artists, including a UK number one single in 1991 for Chesney Hawkes, "The One and Only".
Kershaw played guitar and sang in a number of underground bands from about 1976 before deciding on a career as a songwriter.
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- Wouldn’t It Be Good
- All About You
- Billy
- Cant Get Arrested
- Dark Glasses
- Die Laughing
- Feels Like Somebody Loves You
- Get Up
- Have A Nice Life
- I Wont Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Loud Confident And Wrong
- Radio Musicola
- Shame On You
- Shine On
- So Quiet
- Somebody Loves You
- Stuff
- The Riddle
- The Skys The Limit
- These Tears
- Wide Boy
- Wouldnt It Be Good
- Yeah Yeah
- Youre The Best
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!
Capo 2nd fret
Intro (use Noel Gallagher style variants of open G chord)
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G - Gsus2 - G X2
yeahhh yeahhh yeahhhh
Am Em
Just another stupid white man
Cadd9 Dsus
He was unemployed and rich
Am Em
An expert drunken driver
Cadd9 Dsus
With a most alarming itch
Am Em
He was belly deep in cronies
Cadd9 Dsus
They laughed at all his jokes
Am Em
There were sycophants and phonies
Cadd9 Dsus
And a lot of daddy's folks
Dsus
He was
G Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G - Gsus2
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Bold, positive and strong
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Cold, sure but all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G
Am Em
He cut his teeth in Texas
Cadd9 Dsus
That put him on the map
Am Em
Fried more than Colonel Sanders
Cadd9 Dsus
What an interesting chap
Am Em
B.S. inclination
Cadd9 Dsus
U.S. troglodyte
Am Em
A fundamental Christian
Cadd9 Dsus
Yeah, fundament is right
Dsus
He was
G Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G - Gsus2
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Bold, positive and strong
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Cold, sure but all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G
Am Em
Got the job that he was born for
Cadd9 Dsus
Not quite bona fide
Am Em
He had brother in his corner
Cadd9 Dsus
And God was on his side
Am Em
To leave us in the shitehouse
Cadd9 Dsus
God thought he'd have some fun
Am Em
So he put him in the Whitehouse
Cadd9 Dsus
And said give this man a gun
Dsus
He was
G Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G - Gsus2
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Bold, positive and strong
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Cold, sure but all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G
Bold, positive and strong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Cold, ignorant and brash
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Flash, sure and all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, he was proud, he was confident and wrong
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G - Gsus2 - G
Intro (use Noel Gallagher style variants of open G chord)
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G - Gsus2 - G X2
yeahhh yeahhh yeahhhh
Am Em
Just another stupid white man
Cadd9 Dsus
He was unemployed and rich
Am Em
An expert drunken driver
Cadd9 Dsus
With a most alarming itch
Am Em
He was belly deep in cronies
Cadd9 Dsus
They laughed at all his jokes
Am Em
There were sycophants and phonies
Cadd9 Dsus
And a lot of daddy's folks
Dsus
He was
G Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G - Gsus2
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Bold, positive and strong
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Cold, sure but all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G
Am Em
He cut his teeth in Texas
Cadd9 Dsus
That put him on the map
Am Em
Fried more than Colonel Sanders
Cadd9 Dsus
What an interesting chap
Am Em
B.S. inclination
Cadd9 Dsus
U.S. troglodyte
Am Em
A fundamental Christian
Cadd9 Dsus
Yeah, fundament is right
Dsus
He was
G Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G - Gsus2
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Bold, positive and strong
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Cold, sure but all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G
Am Em
Got the job that he was born for
Cadd9 Dsus
Not quite bona fide
Am Em
He had brother in his corner
Cadd9 Dsus
And God was on his side
Am Em
To leave us in the shitehouse
Cadd9 Dsus
God thought he'd have some fun
Am Em
So he put him in the Whitehouse
Cadd9 Dsus
And said give this man a gun
Dsus
He was
G Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G - Gsus2
Loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Bold, positive and strong
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Cold, sure but all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, proud, confident and wrong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 G
Bold, positive and strong
Dsus Cadd9 - Cadd2 Em
Cold, ignorant and brash
Bm Cadd9 - Cadd2 Asus2 *slide up to 4th fret*
Flash, sure and all along
Am G Cadd9 Dsus G
He was loud, he was proud, he was confident and wrong
G - Dsus - Cadd9 - Cadd2 - G - Gsus2 - G
Olivia Newton-Jo (...)
Omar Apollo
Ooklah The Moc
Orianthi
Parmalee
Reggio
Repvblik
Rick Nelson
Ricky Dillon
Rob Dickinson