It's Late:Shakin' Stevens.
Album - The Bop Won't Stop - 1983.
(Ricky Nelson - #9 in 1959.

#1.
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)    DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)      DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we've been gone too long.
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)         DToo (xx0232@1)bad (too bad)we shoulda checked our time.
D (xx0232@1)                               A (x02220@1)         DCan't (xx0232@1)phone (can't phone) we done spent every dime.

#2.
D (xx0232@1)                                  G (320003@1)       DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we're about to run outta gas.
D (xx0232@1)                            A (x02220@1)      DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we gotta get home fast.
D (xx0232@1)                                  G (320003@1)       DCan't (xx0232@1)speed (can't speed) we're in a slow-down zone.
D (xx0232@1)                           A (x02220@1)         DBaby, (xx0232@1)look at that clock, why can't it be wrong?

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)                   DIf (xx0232@1)we coulda left home at a quarter to nine..
   A (x02220@1)                Dwe (xx0232@1)woulda had fun and plenty of time.
G (320003@1)                   DWe (xx0232@1)got started just a little bit late..
      E (022100@1)                Alet's (x02220@1)hope this won't be our last date.

#3.
     D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)     DLook (xx0232@1)up (look up) is that the moon we see?
D (xx0232@1)                                A (x02220@1)    DCan't (xx0232@1)be (can't be) looks like the sun to me.
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)       DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late)I hate to face your Dad.
D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)      DToo (xx0232@1)bad (too bad)I know he's gonna be mad.
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)    DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1)      DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late)we've been gone too long.


(INTERLUDE:)

#4.
D (xx0232@1)                                  G (320003@1)       DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we're about to run outta gas.
D (xx0232@1)                            A (x02220@1)      DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we gotta get home fast.
D (xx0232@1)                                  G (320003@1)       DCan't (xx0232@1)speed (can't speed) we're in a slow-down zone.
D (xx0232@1)                           A (x02220@1)         DBaby, (xx0232@1)look at that clock, why can't it be wrong?

CHORUS:
D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)                   DIf (xx0232@1)we coulda left home at a quarter to nine..
   A (x02220@1)                Dwe (xx0232@1)woulda had fun and plenty of time.
G (320003@1)                   DWe (xx0232@1)got started just a little bit late..
      E (022100@1)                Alet's (x02220@1)hope this won't be our last date.

#5.
     D (xx0232@1)                      G (320003@1)     DLook (xx0232@1)up (look up) is that the moon we see?
D (xx0232@1)                                A (x02220@1)    DCan't (xx0232@1)be (can't be) looks like the sun to me.
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)       DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late)I hate to face your Dad.
D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)      DToo (xx0232@1)bad (too bad)I know he's gonna be mad.
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)    DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1)      DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late)we've been gone too long.

OUTRO:
D (xx0232@1)                            G (320003@1)    DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1)         DIt's (xx0232@1)late (it's late)we've been go...ne too long.
DIt's (xx0232@1)late!! 


A fifties/eighties smash from Kraziekhat.