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Date: Fri, 8 Dec 95 12:20:06 EST
From: Winston Campbell
Subject: THE NATIONAL FRONT DISCO by Morrissey
The National Front Disco
(Morrissey/Whyte)
The intro riff and chorus riff and that same darn riff that keeps appearing
is simply:
E ----------|----------||
B -7--6-7---|-7--6-7~--||
G --------6-|----------||
D ----------|----------||
A ----------|----------||
E ----------|----------||
Intro: F# B C# B
Eb5 Bb5 B5
David, the wind blows
C#5
The wind blows
Eb5 Ab5 F#5
Bits of your life away
Bb5
Your friends all say
B5 Cdim
"Where is our boy
F#5 Ddim
Ahh, we've lost our boy"
Eb5 Bb5/F
But they should know where you've gone
F# Ab
Because again and again you've explained
F# C#
That you're going to, woe ohhh...
F# B
Going to, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah
C#
England for the English
B
England for the English
Eb5 Bb5 B5
David, the winds blow
C#5
The winds blow
Eb5 Ab5 F#5
All of my dreams away
Bb5
And I still say
B5 Cdim
"Where is our boy
C#5 Ddim
Ahh, we've lost our boy"
Eb5 Bb5/F
But I should know why you've gone
F# Ab
Because again and again you've explained
F# C#
You've gone to the National, ahhh... ohhh...
F#
To the National, there's a country
B
You don't live there
C#
But one day you would like to
B
And if you show them what you're made of
F# B C# B
Oh, then you might do
Eb5 Bb5 B5
But David, we wonder
C#5 Eb5
We wonder if the thunder
Ab5 F#5
Is ever really gonna begin
Bb5 B5
Begin again
Cdim C#5 Ddim
Your mum says, "I've lost my boy"
Eb5 Bb5/F
But she should know
F# Ab
Why you've gone because again and again you've explained
F#
You've gone to the National, to the National
C# F#
To the National Front Disco
B
Because you want the day to come sooner
C#
You want the day to come sooner
B
You want the day to come sooner when you settle the score
Gb
Oh, the National...oh, the National
B C#
Oh, the National...oh, the National
B
Oh, the National
F# B C# B
(play these chords until your hands fall off, then stop playing them)
Those weird chords (and I'm not too sure about them but they sound closer
than anything else) are:
E A D G B E
-----------
Cdim x 3 4 5 x x
Ddim x 5 6 7 x x
Bb5/F 1 1 3 3 x x
Actually, the Bb5/F chord is simply the Bb5 power chord but if you are
playing with a bass, the bass should play the F note.
And that's it. Bye-bye...
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Bobby Lead Player |
#1 by Bobby Parker at Aug 7, 1983 at 11:44 PM EST |
| Mozza proposed this song to his band, mentioning only the title and Boz Boorer is reported to have said 'You're going to get us into a lot of trouble' but the band, loyal as ever, went along with it and created, in my opinion, one of the best stompers that he's ever created. He famously played this song, wrapped in a Union Jack, with several National Front members at the front of the audience and it was NME's coverage of this (rather criticising poor Mozza) that lead to his refusal to speak to them for over ten years! It's definitely not racist. Moz seems to enjoy flirting with the controversy that people create through their failure to read the lyrics properly. Songs like 'We'll Let You Know' and 'Asian Rut' also share the 'racist' label, simply because people can't see the fact that he's being deliberately ironic and sometimes just patriotic! Where's the harm in loving your country?! | |
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Frank Wanna Be |
#2 by Frank at Jul 21, 1985 at 8:39 AM EST |
| It's a song about a son lost to the National Front (a right wing organisation in the UK), and their beliefs in a forthcoming country where everything's OK due to it being wholly "white". Of course the contrast between the NF's beliefs as commented on by Morrissey here, and his own fantasy of a verdant lost England of old, is there to be made. As with anything he writes, you can't take the meaning of this on face value. www.myspace.com/prevailingtroubadour1 | |
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BeN-bEn Lead Player |
#3 by BeN-bEn Lesniewski at Nov 2, 1994 at 12:33 AM EST |
| To Thierry14, excellent analysis! I very much concur with everything you've said. Do you think "David" is maybe a nod to a fascist-chic Thin White Duke era David Bowie (notably Bowie covers another song from this album, "I kNow It's Gonna Happen Someday") | |
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Stephen Average |
#4 by Stephen Weber at Nov 24, 1999 at 11:44 AM EST |
| Another song that can be seen as Morrissey being racist, which he firmly denies. It is about David who becomes a skinhead and very much against for keeping "England for the English". | |
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` niki * Average |
#5 by ` niki * at Dec 24, 2001 at 7:06 AM EST |
| The title comes from "Among The Thugs" by Bill Buford. | |
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Trent Average |
#6 by Trent Zelasney at Jun 20, 2007 at 9:11 AM EST |
| Just listen to the lyrics. Anyone who thinks this songs is racist can only be seen as simple, ignorant and somewhat hateful. It's a song exploring why normal people do stupid things for example joining the National Front. "The winds blow ... All of my dreams away" This lyric is one of three that sums up the meaning of this song. We all feel that our dreams have 'Blown Away' and some people cling to the first thing the see that will possibly make it all better. In Davids case, The National Front. "We wonder if the thunder Is ever really gonna begin" And this is the point in the song when you realise that 'David' isn't racist or even particularly right wing. He knows that racism doesn't help but he feels dejected and empty that the world in general is of no use and there is no way for him to actually make it better. "..but one day you would like to And if you show them what you're made of" This is summing up the fact that we all want to make a mark and do something with ourselves but there appears to be no way to. Just think about it. | |
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