Biography:
The Boomtown Rats is a rock group led by Bob Geldof (full name: Robert Fredrick Zenon Geldof, born October 5th 1951). Playing punk and New Wave influenced music, their initial incarnation lasted from 1976 to 1986), but the band recently reformed. All six primary members (Gary Roberts, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, and Johnnie Moylett alongside Geldof) were originally from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.
Originally, they used the moniker 'The Nightlife Thugs'.
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I:
A C#m
Did you slip the noose when the beast broke loose
D E
The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be
A C#m
And white turns black, dies of heart attack
D E
The elephants graveyard needs the change of scene.
D E
You got the money, but who needs the tension
D E
And fear's no cheaper on the old age pension
D E
There's just one thing that I forgot to mention
Bm E
What've you got to lose when you know
CHORUS:
A C#m D
And you're guilty 'till proven guilty
E
Isn't that the law
A C#m D
Guilty 'till proven guilty
E F
That's what we all saw
II:
A C#m
Do the blue rinse shuffle with the beach boy muscle
D E
The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be
A C#m
Waiting all your life for this golf cart life
D E
The elephants graveyard needs the change of scene.
D E
You see the judge and then you check the jury
D E
She does her hair and calls the lawyer curti
D E
It's Disneyland under martial law
Bm E
Titch on the TV tell me what you saw
CHORUS:
A C#m D
They were guilty 'till proven guilty
E
Isn't that the law
A C#m D
Guilty 'till proven guilty
E F
That's what we all saw
BRIDGE:
F
Justice isn't blind
C F
It just looks the other way
F
Not from want of trying
E A
I have nothing left to say
CHORUS:
A C#m D
They were guilty 'till proven guilty
E
Isn't that the law
A C#m D
Guilty 'till proven guilty
E F
That's what we all saw
F
That's what we saw...
F
That's what we....
A C#m
Did you slip the noose when the beast broke loose
D E
The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be
A C#m
And white turns black, dies of heart attack
D E
The elephants graveyard needs the change of scene.
D E
You got the money, but who needs the tension
D E
And fear's no cheaper on the old age pension
D E
There's just one thing that I forgot to mention
Bm E
What've you got to lose when you know
CHORUS:
A C#m D
And you're guilty 'till proven guilty
E
Isn't that the law
A C#m D
Guilty 'till proven guilty
E F
That's what we all saw
II:
A C#m
Do the blue rinse shuffle with the beach boy muscle
D E
The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be
A C#m
Waiting all your life for this golf cart life
D E
The elephants graveyard needs the change of scene.
D E
You see the judge and then you check the jury
D E
She does her hair and calls the lawyer curti
D E
It's Disneyland under martial law
Bm E
Titch on the TV tell me what you saw
CHORUS:
A C#m D
They were guilty 'till proven guilty
E
Isn't that the law
A C#m D
Guilty 'till proven guilty
E F
That's what we all saw
BRIDGE:
F
Justice isn't blind
C F
It just looks the other way
F
Not from want of trying
E A
I have nothing left to say
CHORUS:
A C#m D
They were guilty 'till proven guilty
E
Isn't that the law
A C#m D
Guilty 'till proven guilty
E F
That's what we all saw
F
That's what we saw...
F
That's what we....
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