Boarded Up

(Moulding)

Wasp Star

Recordings Art Lyrics Chords and Tablature

Recordings

1. Album version.
   Released on Wasp Star.
   Colin Moulding (guitar)

   Colin: “The vocal sound on this track gave rise to a lot of Elvis impersonations, I remember. Nevertheless, it's an ode to my home town. A plea for the forgotten. It's perhaps my woodiest song to date.”

   Wes Long: “What are you whispering in ‘Boarded Up’?”

   Colin Moulding: “I think it's ‘boarded up,’ backwards.”

2. Demo version, 2'56.
   Released on Homegrown.
3. Instrumental version.
   Released on 17 October 2002 on Waspstrumental in Japan.

Art

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Lyrics

Album version:

Boarded up Yeah we're boarded up Nailed up shut Yeah we're boarded up Music venue has had it's day Deathwatch beetle band moved in to play Groups don't come down from London way Cos we're boarded up Yeah we're nailed up shut Two by fourded up Yeah we're boarded up Touring companies stay away Rats and mice take the centre stage Carpenters mate have a field day Boarding up Yeah we're nailed up shut Two by fourded up Yeah we're boarded up Pubs and clubs had the chop Making way for a superstore plot Some town planner didn't know when to stop Boarding up Come and see us nailed up shut Don't wait too long now cos we're boarding up Yeah we're boarded up

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Demo version:

Boarded up
Yeah, we're boarded up
Nailed up shut
Yeah, we're boarded up

Music venue has had its day
Death watch beetle band moved in to play
Groups don't come down from London way

Cos we're boarded up
Yeah, nailed up shut
Two-by-four-ded up
Yeah, we're boarded up

Touring companies stay away
Rats and mice take the centre stage
Carpenter man have a field day

Boarded up
Yeah, we're nailed up shut
Two-by-four-ded up
Yeah, we're boarded up

Pubs and clubs had the chop
Woodworm laugh, drunk on the rocks
Some town planner didn't know when to stop

We're boarded up
Yeah, boarded up
Come and see us, nailed up shut
Yeah, we're boarded up. . .

[transcribed by Frank Agnello and John Relph]

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