x...SWEET GENE VINCENT... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'New Boots and Panties!!' (1977)*
Intro: (Spoken)
F
Blue Gene baby...
F, Dm (x2)
F Dm
Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender,
F Dm
The beauties were brief.
F Dm
Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine,
F Dm
And a black handkerchief?
F Bb
I miss your sad, Virginia whisper.
G7 C Caug
I miss the voice, that called my heart.
Bb Am Dm Bb Am Gm
Sweet Gene Vincent, young and old and gone.
C A7 Dm
Sweet Gene Vincent.
(n.C)
Who, who, who slapped John?
Interlude: (Faster Tempo)
G, D, G
Break:
G (n.C)
White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes.
Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black.
Verse 1:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent, let the blue cats roll to-night;
G C G C G D G
At the sock hop ball, in the union hall, where the bop is their de-light.
Verse 2:
G C G
Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie,
C G D
She's the one with the flying feet.
G C G C G D G
You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease; the beat is reet com-plete.
Bridge 1:
C G G7
And you jump back honey in the dungarees, tight sweater and a pony tail;
C
Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage?
A7 D7 C#7
The hoodlums bite their nails.
Solo:
C, G G7, C D7 G
Break:
G (n.C)
Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead.
White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white.
Verse 3:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent; there's one in every town,
G C G C G D G
And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives and you lay that pistol down.
Verse 4:
G C G C G D
Sweet Gene Vincent; there's nowhere left to hide.
G C G C G D G
With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes; a perfo-rated pride.
Solo:
D C (x2)
Verse 5:
G C G C G D
So farewell ma-demoi-selle Knicker-bocker Hotel, fare-well to money owed.
G C G C
But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts,
G D G
You got to get back on the road.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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F Dm Bb G7 C Caug Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
133211 xx0231 x13331 353433 x35553 x32110 x02210
Gm A7 G D D7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
355333 x02223 355433 x57775 x57575 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
