News Of The World Tab

Band: The Jam
Song: News of the World
Tabber: Andrew Biles
 
Standard Tuning.
This sounds best using powerchords (with the E being an octave up).
Riffs 2 and 3 are tabbed out at the bottom of the page.
 
 
Intro
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D
 
A
 
"Power pop"
 
riff 1
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E             C              D         E              C  D
Read about the things that happen throughout the world
 
E                  C           D       E      C  D
Don't be believe in everything you see or hear
 
C                      D                (riff 2)
The neighbours talk day in day out about the goings on
 
C           D                (riff 2)
They tell us what they want - they don't give an inch
 
 
*Open E (2 bars)
 
 
E                         C            D      E           C  D
Look at the pictures taken by the cameras they cannot lie
 
E              C          D   E                C  D
The truth is in what you see - not what you read
 
C           D                (riff 2)
Little men tapping things out - points of view
 
C               D                (riff 2)
Remember their views are not the gospel truth
 
 
*Open E + pick scrapes (4 bars)
 
 
G      A        E
Don't believe it all
 
G       A       E
Find out for yourself
 
G        A       E
Check before you spread
 
G   A       (riff 1)
News of the world
 
G   A       (riff 1)
News of the world
 
 
*Solo (over verse chord sequence - substitute riff 2 for E)
 
 
(riff 3 - ending 1)
Never doubt
Never ask
Never moan
 
(riff 3 - ending 2)
Never search
Never find
Never know
 
 
D               E
News of the world
 
G   A       (riff 1)
News of the world
 
 
E                   C        D         E                C  D
Each morning our key to the world comes through the door
 
E                 C        D     E             C  D
More than often its just a comic, not much more
 
C               D         (riff 2)
Don't take it too serious - not many do
 
C               D            (riff 2)
Read between the lines and you'll find the truth
 
(Intro riff)
Read all about it, read all about it - news of the world
 
(Intro riff)
Read all about it, read all about it - news of the world
 
Outro
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riff 2
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