#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 03:27:09 GMT Al Bowlly's in Heaven Richard Thompson, from Daring Adventures Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu Dm (xx0231@1) A7 (x02020@1) DmWe (xx0231@1)were heroes them, and the girls were all pretty DmAnd (xx0231@1)a uniform was a lucky charm Bb7 (x13131@1) A7Bought (x02020@1)you the key to the city F (133211@1) FWe (133211@1)used to dance the whole night through Bb7 (x13131@1) Eb7While (x32310@4)Al Bowlly sang, 'The Very Thought of You' Em7b5 A7 (x02020@1) DmAl (xx0231@1)Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in limbo now I gave my youth to King and country But what's my country done for me But sentenced me to misery I traded my helmet and my parachute For a pair of crutches and a de-mob suit Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in limbo now F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CHard (x32010@1)Times, hard hard times F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CHostels (x32010@1)and missions and dosser's soup lines F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CCan't (x32010@1)close me eyes on a bench or a bed Bb7 (x13131@1) A7For (x02020@1)the sound of some battle raging in my head Old friends, You lose so many You get run around all over town The wear and the tear of it just drag you down St Mungo's with its dirty old sheets Beats standing all day down on Scarborough Street Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in limbo now Guitar Solo (see tab below) Can't stay here, got to foot slog Once in a blue moon, you might find a job Sleep in the rain, sleep in the snow When the beds are all taken, you've got nowehere to go I can see me now, back there on the dance-floor With a blond on me arm, red head to spare spit on me shoes and shine in me hair And there's Al Bowlly, up on the stand That was a voice, and that was a band Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in limbo now Guitar solo Dm (xx0231@1) A7-|---------------------|--------------------------| (x02020@1)-|---------------------|--------------------------| -|---------------------|------------------------7-| -|---------------------|----------------------7---| -|-7-b8-7-b8-7-b8-7-b8-|-7-b8-7-5-h7-p5-4-5-8-----| -|---------------------|--------------------------| Dm (xx0231@1) Dm-|-----------------------------------|------------------| (xx0231@1)-|---------------------------------9-|-9-b10------8-6---| -|-9b10-9b10-9b10-9b10-9-7h9p7-6-7---|----------------7-| -|-----------------------------------|------------------| -|-----------------------------------|------------------| -|-----------------------------------|------------------| Dm (xx0231@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Bb7|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| (x13131@1)|-6-------------5h6-----5h6-|-6-6-6-5---5-6-8-8b9r8-|-8-6h8p6-----------8-8| |---7-------6-6-----6-7-----|---------7-------------|---------7-------7----| |-----7-6-7-----------------|-----------------------|-----------8-7-6------| |---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| |---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------| A7 (x02020@1) F (133211@1) F-|---------------------|-5-----8-5h8p5-------|-5/-13-10h13p10------------| (133211@1)-|-5h8p5---------------|---5-----------6-5-4-|----------------10-8-8-8-6-| -|-------6-------------|-----5---------------|---------------------------| -|---------7-6-5-5-6-7-|---------------------|---------------------------| -|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------| -|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------| Bb7 (x13131@1) Eb7 (x32310@4) Em7b5 -|---------------------|------8---------|-------------------| -|-8b9r8-8-6---6-8-8b9-|-r8-6---6---6-8-|-8-6---6-7-8-8-8b9-| -|-----------7---------|----------6-----|-----7-------------| -|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| -|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| -|---------------------|----------------|-------------------| A7 (x02020@1) Dm (xx0231@1) Dm (xx0231@1) C7 (x32310@1) F-|----------------|--------------|-------------|-1----------| (133211@1)-|-r8-6---------6-|--------------|-----------5-|-1----------| -|------7---------|-7------------|-----------3-|-2----------| -|--------7-6-5---|---5-3-5-3--5-|---------5---|-3----------| -|----------------|--------------|-5-5-4-3-----|------------| -|----------------|--------------|-------------|------------|
