Dreadlock Holiday Uke tab by 10cc

16 Chords used in the song: Gm, F, Cm, Dm, D#, Bb, Am, D7, G#m, F#, C#m, D#m, E, B, A#m, D#7

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Year:  1978
Difficulty: 
5.13
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Gm chordGm  F chordF  Cm chordCm (x2)
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm (x4)

Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
I was walkin' down the street,
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm
Concen-tratin' on truckin' right,
Dm chordDm Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
I heard a dark voice beside of me,
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
And I looked round in a state of fright.

Gm chordGm F chordF
I saw four faces, one mad,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
A chordA brother from the gutter,
Gm chordGm F chordF
They looked me up and down a bit,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
And turned to each other.

Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm

Dm chordDm
I say:
Gm chordGm F chordF
I don't like cricket,
D# chordD# Dm chordDm
Oh no,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm D# chordD#
I love it.

Gm chordGm F chordF
I don't like cricket,
D# chordD# Dm chordDm
Oh no,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm D# chordD#
I love it.

Bb chordBb
Don't you walk through my words,
You got to show some respect.
Don't you walk through my words,
Am chordAm D7 chordD7
'Cos you ain't heard me out yet.

Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm (x2)

Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
Well he looked down at my silver chain,
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
He said I'll give you one dollar.
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
I said You've got to be jokin' man,
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
It was a present from me mother.

Gm chordGm F chordF
He said I like it, I want it,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
I'll take it off your hands,
Gm chordGm F chordF
And you'll be sorry you crossed me,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
You'd better under-stand,
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm
That you're a-lone,
Dm chordDm Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm
A chordA long way from home.
Dm chordDm
And I say:

Gm chordGm F chordF
I don't like reggae,
D# chordD# Dm chordDm
Oh no,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm D# chordD#
I love it.

Gm chordGm F chordF
I don't like reggae,
D# chordD# Dm chordDm
Oh no,
Cm chordCm Dm chordDm D# chordD#
I love it.

Bb chordBb
Don't you cramp me style,
Don't you queer on me pitch.
Don't you walk through my words,
Am chordAm D7 chordD7
'Cos you ain't heard me out yet.

Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm
Gm chordGm F chordF Cm chordCm Dm chordDm

*KEY CHANGE*

G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I hurried back to the swimming pool,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Sinkin' pina coladas,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I heard a dark voice beside me say,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Would you like something harder.

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
She said I've got it, you want it,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
My harvest is the best,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
And if you try it you'll like it,
C#m chordC#m D# chordD#
And wallow in a dreadlock holi...
G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
(Dreadlock, holi, Dreadlock holi,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m
Deadlock holi, Dreadlock holiday).
D#m chordD#m
And I say:

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
Don't like Ja-maica,
E chordE D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m E chordE
I love her.

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
Don't like Ja-maica,
E chordE D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m E chordE
I love her.

B chordB
Don't you walk through her words,
You got to show some respect.
Don't you walk through her words,
A#m chordA#m D#7 chordD#7
'Cos you ain't heard me out yet.

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#, C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m (x4)

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
I don't like cricket,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I love it. (Dreadlock Holi-day).

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
I don't like reggae,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I love it. (Dreadlock Holi-day).

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
Don't like Ja-maica,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I love her. (Dreadlock Holi-day).

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
I don't like cricket,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I love it. (Dreadlock Holi-day).

G#m chordG#m F# chordF#
I don't like reggae,
C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
Oh no,
G#m chordG#m F# chordF# C#m chordC#m D#m chordD#m
I love it. (Dreadlock Holi-day).

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About this song: Dreadlock Holiday

"Dreadlock Holiday" is a song by 10cc. It was written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman and was the lead single from the band's 1978 album, Bloody Tourists. Lead vocals were performed by Graham Gouldman. The lyrics, about a white man lost in Jamaica, were based on a true story told by Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward about an experience he had had in Barbados; it was a rare excursion into reggae for the act.

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