...BILLERICAY DICKIE... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'New Boots and Panties!' (1977)*
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
(Spoken):
Good evening, I'm from Essex;
In case you couldn't tell,
My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay,
F7And (131241@1)I'm doing very well.
Verse 1:
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) F7Had (131241@1)a love affair with Nina, in the back of my Cor-tina,
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Bb7A (x13131@1)seasoned up hyena, could not be more ob-scene-a.
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) G7She (320001@1)took me to the cleaners, and other misde-meanours,
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)But I got right up between her, Rum and her Ri-bena.
Chorus 1:
C7 (x32310@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
Oh, you ask Joyce and Vicky,
G (320003@1) G7If (320001@1)candy-floss is sticky,
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I'm not a blinking thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)And I'm doin', very well.
Verse 2:
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) F7I (131241@1)bought a lot of brandy, when I was courting Sandy,
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Bb7Took (x13131@1)eight to make her randy, and all I had was shandy.
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) G7A-nother (320001@1)thing with Sandy, what often came in handy,
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) (n.c)
Was passing her a 'Mandy'; she didn't half go bandy.
Chorus 2:
C7 (x32310@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
So, you ask Joyce and Vicky,
G (320003@1) G7If (320001@1)I ever took the mickey.
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I'm not a flipping thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)And I'm doin', very well.
Verse 3:
Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) F7I'd (131241@1)rendezvous with Janet, quite near the Isle of Thanet,
Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Bb7She (x13131@1)looked more like a gannet; she wasn't half a prannet.
Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) G7Her (320001@1)mother tried to ban it; her father helped me plan it,
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) (n.c)
And when I captured Janet; she bruised her pome-granate.
Chorus 3:
C7 (x32310@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
Oh, you ask Joyce and Vicki,
G (320003@1) G7If (320001@1)I ever shaped up tricky,
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I'm not a blooming thicky; I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)And I'm doin', very well.
Bridge 1:
Bb7You (x13131@1)should never, hold a candle,
If you don't know where it's been.
The jackpot, is in the handle,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)On a normal fruit ma-chine.
Chorus 4:
C7 (x32310@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7
So, you ask Joyce and Vicki,
Dm/maj G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)Who's their favourite brickie.
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I'm not a common thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)And I'm doin', very well.
Chorus 4:
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I know a lovely old toe-rag, o-bliging and no-blesse,
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)Kindly, charming shag, from Shoeburyness.
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)And I'm doin', very well.
Chorus 5:
C7 (x32310@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
So, you ask Joyce and Vicki;
G (320003@1) G7A (320001@1)pair of squeaky chickies.
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I'm not a flaming thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)I thought, you'd never guess.
Chorus 6:
C7 (x32310@1)Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
Oh golly, oh gosh; come and lie on the couch,
G (320003@1) G7With (320001@1)a nice bit of posh, from Burnham-on-Crouch.
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
My given name is Dickie; I come from Bille-ricay,
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)And I ain't, a slouch.
Chorus 7:
C7 (x32310@1)Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
So you ask Joyce and Vicki,
Dm/maj G (320003@1) G7About (320001@1)Billericay Dickie.
Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I ain't an effin' thicky; you ask Joyce and Vicki;
C7 (x32310@1) F (133211@1) F7(n.c) (131241@1)I'm doing, very well.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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F7 (131241@1) Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1) Eb (x43121@3) Bb7 (x13131@1) Dm (xx0231@1) EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
131211 x13331 133211 665x4x x13131 xx0231
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1) C7 (x32310@1) Dm/maj Dm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 323000 x32310 xx0221 xx0211
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
