...SWEET GENE VINCENT... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'New Boots and Panties!' (1977)*


Intro:

(Spoken):

                FBlue (133211@1)Gene baby...

F, Dm (x2)

F (133211@1)Skinny white sailor,
    DmThe (xx0231@1)chances were slender,
    F (133211@1)                  DmThe (xx0231@1)beauties were brief.
        FShall (133211@1)I mourn your decline,
          DmWith (xx0231@1)some thunderbird wine,
            F (133211@1)          DmAnd (xx0231@1)a black hankercheif?
            FI (133211@1)miss your sad;
         BbVirginia (x1333x@1)whisper.
           G7I (320001@1)miss the voice;
               C (x32010@1)    C+
That called my heart.

Bb (x1333x@1)   Am (x02210@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Sweet Gene Vincent,
Bb (x1333x@1)       Am (x02210@1)    Gm (355333@1)Young and old and gone,
C (x32010@1)    A7 (x02020@1) Dm (xx0231@1)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 (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)Sweet Gene Vincent,
        CLet (x32010@1)the blue cats,
        G (320003@1)    DRoll (xx0232@1)to-night;
       G (320003@1)      CAt (x32010@1)the sock hop ball,
       G (320003@1)   CIn (x32010@1)the union hall,
          GWhere (320003@1)the bop is,
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)Their de-light.

Verse 2:

          G (320003@1)         CHere (x32010@1)come duck-tailed Danny,
         GDragging (320003@1)Uncanny Annie,
          CShe's (x32010@1)the one with,
           G (320003@1)   DThe (xx0232@1)flying feet.
        G (320003@1)       CYou (x32010@1)can break the peace,
      G (320003@1)    CDaddy (x32010@1)sickle grease,
    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      GThe (320003@1)beat is reet com-plete.

Bridge 1:

        C (x32010@1)And you jump back honey,
In the dungerees,
      GTight (320003@1)sweater and,
       G7A (320001@1)pony tail;
         CWill (x32010@1)you guess her age,
When she comes back stage?
    A7The (x02020@1)hoodlums bite,
      D7 (xx0212@1)   C#7Their (x4342x@1)nails.

Solo:

C, G  G7
C (x32010@1)D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)Break:

G (n.C)
 Black gloves,
White frost,
Black crepe,
White lead,
White sheet,
Black knight,
Jet black,
Dead white.

Verse 3:

G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)Sweet Gene Vincent,
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)  DThere's (xx0232@1)one in every town,
        G (320003@1)   CAnd (x32010@1)the devil drives,
          G (320003@1)       C'Till (x32010@1)the hearse ar-rives,
        G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    GAnd (320003@1)you lay that pistol down.

Verse 4:

G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)Sweet Gene Vincent,
        CThere's (x32010@1)nowhere,
        G (320003@1)   DLeft (xx0232@1)to hide.
     G (320003@1)  CWith (x32010@1)lazy skin,
    G (320003@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)ash-tray eyes,
  G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)   GA (320003@1)perfo-rated pride.

Solo:

D  C (x2)

Verse 5:

               G (320003@1)   CSo (x32010@1)farewell ma-demoi-selle,
        GKnicker-bocker (320003@1)hotel,
     C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   DFare-well (xx0232@1)to money owed.
              G (320003@1)       CBut (x32010@1)when your leg still hurts,
        G (320003@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)you need more shirts,
           G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)    GYou (320003@1)got to get back on the road.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   F (133211@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    G7 (320001@1)    C (x32010@1)     C+      Bb (x1333x@1)    Am (x02210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 133211  xx0231  x13331  323000  x32010  x32110  x13331  x02210

   Gm (355333@1)    A7 (x02020@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)    C#7 (x4342x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 355333  x02223  320003  xx0232  xx0212  x46464


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)