x...LULLABY FOR FRANCIS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'Do It Yourself' (1979)*
Intro:
E F#m D (x3)
Verse 1:
A E A
Go to sleep now, Francis; you've done all you can with the day.
E A G#m
Safe and sound now; that's a promise, you'll be welcome in the milky way.
Chorus 1:
F#m B7 D E
Tumble down, tired and true, spirit to restore; a balance is due.
A D E A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
Verse 2:
A E A
Hang your thoughts up, shut the index, it's time to impose a cur-few.
E A G#m
And you'll get up fresh and ready, with a hundred and one things to do.
Chorus 2:
F#m B7 (n.C) D E
Drowsy now; here comes a space, call a halt to the steeple chase.
A D E A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
Bridge 1:
D E A D E A
If your life, or some old lover, cause con-cern, or puzzle, or per-turb.
D C#7 F#m
The more you discover; the more you learn.
B7 D E A
Go to sleep now... please do not dis-turb.
Interlude:
A E (x2) A, G#m
Chorus 3:
F#m B7 D E
Tumble down, tired and true, spirit to restore; a balance is due.
A D E A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
Coda:
A D E A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
A D A D E A
Go to sleep now, Francis.
A D E A
Go to sleep.
Outro:
A, D E A, A D, E
(Repeat E to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E F#m D A G#m B7 A7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 244222 x57775 577655 466444 x24242 575655 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
