SELF PRESERVATION SOCIETY by Quincy Jones from 'The Italian Job (1969)'
Tabbed by: Seismatters
Tuning: Standard [E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E]
Just the chords to the song (not going to tab all the bloomin' fanfare because that would be way too much
Barney Rubble if you know what I mean).
Intro: [E] [A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E] [A]
This is the self-preservation society
[E] [A] [E] [A]
This is the self-preservation society
[E] [D]
Go wash your German bands, your boat race too
[A] [E]
Comb your Barnet Fair we got a lot to do
[C#m] [F#]
Put on your Dickie Dirt and your Peckham Rye
[F#] [B] [B7]
Cause time's soon hurrying by
[E] [G#]
Get your skates on mate, get your skates on mate
[C#m] [F#]
No bib around your Gregory Peck today, eh?
[A] [B]
Drop your plates of meat right up on the seat
[E] [A] [E] [A]
This is the self-preservation society
[E] [A] [E] [A]
This is the self-preservation society
N.C
Gotta get a bloomin move on
Babadab-babadabadab-bab-ba
Gotta get a bloomin move on
Babadab-babadabadab-bab-ba
Jump in the jam jar gotta get straight
Hurry up mate – don't wanna be late
How's your father?
Tickety boo
Tickety boo
[A] [E]
Gotta get a bloomin move on
[F#] [B] [F#] [B]
Self-preservation society
[F#] [B] [F#] [B]
This is the self-preservation society
[F#] [B]
Put on your almond rocks and daisy roots
[F#] [B]
Wash your Hampstead Heath and wear your whistle and flute
[F#] [B]
Lots of lah-di-dahs and cockneys here
[F#] [B]
Look alive and get out of here
[F#] [A#]
Get your skates on mate, get your skates on mate
[D#m] [G#]
No bib around your Gregory Peck today, eh?
[B] [C#]
Drop your plates of meat right up on the seat
[F#] [B] [F#] [B]
This is the self-preservation society
[F#] [B] [F#] [B]
This is the self-preservation society
It's not perfect, but cut me some Woman in Black, it's a bloody 'ard song to tab.