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Band: The Libertines
Song: Up The Bracket
Album: Up The Bracket
Thom Mills dustbin_man@hotmail.com
Intro
F#m, C#5(m)X 3 F#m
Verse 1
A E A
saw 2 shadow men on the Vallance Road
A E A
said they'd pay me for your address, I was so bold...
F#m C#m
to say 'you see these 2 cold fingers
F#m C#m
these crooked fingers I show....
E (hold)
you a way to mean no'
Verse 2 (Guitar Same As Verse 1)
well they didn't like that much I can tell you
said 'sunshine, I wouldnae wanna be in yur shoes'
& they chased me up three flights of stairs
caught me in the lift how I sighed & said 'oh - you're impossible'
Chorus
A E F#m
But it's just like he's in another world,
C#m Bm
doesn't see the danger on show
C#m
He'll end up like Joseph bloody in a hole
A E F#m
& it's just like she's in another world
C#m Bm
how they suit each other oh no
C#m
but you never get close
(impossible)
Intro
Then it pretty much repeats itself...
SOLO BIT
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The chords above lyrics may be in the wrong place, but listen to timing
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Phillip Wanna Be |
#1 by Phillip Doucette at Feb 23, 1972 at 5:30 AM EST |
| ok ok, up the bracket does mean to punch someone in the throat, its from the carry on films i believe. to explain some more 'english references'..... shadow men are police and yes those are the roads. if you want to put a 'plot' to it, its basically pete (who wrote this song without carl i think) being followed around london by police officers looking for someone he knows, and he gives them 'the fingers'. and pete no longer has seroius drug problems by the way. | |
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Speed Demon Professional |
#2 by Speed Demon at Aug 15, 1972 at 12:59 AM EST |
| I thought the 'two shadow men' were a reference to the Kray twins, who grew up on the Vallance road in Bethnal Green, where Pete/Carl/whoever lived for a time. | |
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#3 by KISS is the greatest at Apr 5, 1981 at 1:01 PM EST |
| ye he does have huge drug problems smack and crack addict | |
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Nyle Average |
#4 by Nyle Leddy at May 21, 1983 at 11:17 PM EST |
| by the way, cally road is caledonian rd in london as is vallance rd! | |
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Andrea Average |
#5 by Andrea Lauria at Jun 10, 1984 at 10:00 AM EST |
| Crf, if Pete doesn't still have serious drug problems, what's with the Babyshambles performance in Blackpool, back in December? You don't act that badly if you aren't seriously fucked up. The story I got from this song has already been pretty well summarized, except that I always thought the address they were after was Carl's. | |
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Alyssa Professional |
#6 by Alyssa at Nov 14, 1989 at 6:55 PM EST |
| gerrrrrrrrrrrrrrooouuuutofit (get out of it) | |
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Jon Lead Player |
#7 by Jon Shuffler at Oct 2, 1992 at 10:07 PM EST |
| Has a very gritty, British feel, in my opinion. And I've always perceived it to be about arrogance. | |
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justin Average |
#8 by justin tompkins at Jun 18, 1995 at 6:45 AM EST |
| i reckon the song is about 2 debt collectors asking a guy for a girls address who owes them money for drugs and he gives them the v and they beat him up and how the guy and her both "in another world" and so suit each other | |
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Will Average |
#9 by Will Yost at Oct 27, 1996 at 4:42 AM EST |
| ok ok, up the bracket does mean to punch someone in the throat, its from the carry on films i believe. to explain some more 'english references'..... shadow men are police and yes those are the roads. if you want to put a 'plot' to it, its basically pete (who wrote this song without carl i think) being followed around london by police officers looking for someone he knows, and he gives them 'the fingers'. and pete no longer has seroius drug problems by the way. | |
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Jamie Wanna Be |
#10 by Jamie Smith at Apr 28, 1998 at 4:05 PM EST |
| Wow, I'm the first to comment on this incredible song. Well, I have NO idea what it's about. I'll be the first to admit that. I love this single, however. :-) Great, furious punk rock made in a reggae-pop-surf style that makes you wanna imitate a British accent: "The name is Bond. James Bond." Slink down London streets in pursuit of the bad guys. All in the name of punk rock! Yeah. I don't know what I'm saying. But this band will be absolutely HUGE. :-) | |
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Kazza Average |
#11 by Kazza at Nov 17, 2003 at 2:31 AM EST |
| marytylermoore they are east enders aka they r from the east end of london the have cockney accents. not very bond james bond. | |
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jim Professional |
#12 by jim d.f at Oct 8, 2007 at 10:02 AM EST |
| i like this song, but they have written better ones. i heard that 'up the bracket' is a reference to being punched in the throat. | |
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