• Song:

    Oldest Swinger In Town

  • Artist:

    Fred Wedlock

                      Fred Wedlock-Oldest Swinger In Town (live)
                      (Capo 2)
C* = 31023x

G (320003@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)   GWhen (320003@1)you're scoring with a chick in a disco bar,
C (x32010@1)                   EmTake (022000@1)her home in your hairy little car,
         G (320003@1)              B7 (x21202@1)            Em (022000@1)   CThen (x32010@1)you find you went to school with her ma and pa,
           G (320003@1)               DYou're (xx0232@1)the oldest swinger in town.

G (320003@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)      GWhen (320003@1)you won't look in the mirror in the light of day,
C (x32010@1)                            EmSwear (022000@1)you've dyed it when your hair turns grey,
         G (320003@1)         B7 (x21202@1)              Em (022000@1)           CWhen (x32010@1)you zip up your trousers and your belly's in the way, 
           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the oldest swinger in town.

C*                GHere (320003@1)you come and there you go,
A?                         DWhite (xx0232@1)wheels, spots, and a stereo, 
G (320003@1)               B7 (x21202@1)            Em (022000@1)     CBut (x32010@1)the engine is clapped and the driver also, 
           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the oldest swinger in town.

G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)       GThe (320003@1)barber takes a little less time each week,
C (x32010@1)                         EmThe (022000@1)kids don't understand a word you speak,
         G (320003@1)         B7 (x21202@1)           Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)      
When you walk into a disco and they offer you a seat,
           G (320003@1)               DYou're (xx0232@1)the oldest swinger in town.

G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)         GYou (320003@1)prefer a pint of shandy to Bacardi and Coke,
C (x32010@1)                                 EmThe (022000@1)sounds are too loud and there's too much smoke,
G (320003@1)                B7 (x21202@1)              Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)      
You'd like another dance, but you're afraid you'll get a stroke,
           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the oldest swinger in town.

C*                      GHere (320003@1)you come with your chest all bare,
A (x02220@1)                       DA (xx0232@1)little gold ingot and a lot of gold hair,
G (320003@1)            B7 (x21202@1)       Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)  
Like the disco king meets Yogi Bear, 
           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the oldest swinger in town.

G (320003@1)                               D (xx0232@1)        GWhen (320003@1)you're feeling as stiff as a skinhead's boot,
C (x32010@1)                     EmRub (022000@1)on Vick's where you used to splash Brut,
        G (320003@1)         B7 (x21202@1)            Em (022000@1)    CAnd (x32010@1)the latest punk fashion is your wedding suit, 
           G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)              
You're the oldest swinger in town.

G (320003@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)   GWhen (320003@1)you have to go shopping for your sex appeal,
C (x32010@1)                   Em (022000@1) 
Travolta's shades and nine inch heels, 
           G (320003@1)            B7 (x21202@1)       Em (022000@1)     CThey (x32010@1)say a man is just as old as the woman he feels,
           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the oldest swinger in town.

C*                      GHere (320003@1)you come with your lips closed tight,
A (x02220@1)                          DYou (xx0232@1)never smile, you know it wouldn't look right,
           G (320003@1)      B7 (x21202@1)         Em (022000@1)   CCause (x32010@1)your dentures glow in ultraviolet light,
           G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)        
You're the oldest swinger in town.
B7 (x21202@1)              Em (022000@1)  Coldest (x32010@1)swinger in town,
G (320003@1)             B7 (x21202@1)              Em (022000@1)          C (x32010@1)   
And you look so mean because your pants are too tight,
           G (320003@1)               DYou're (xx0232@1)the oldest swinger in town.

G (320003@1)           B7And (x21202@1)it takes you all night,
               Em (022000@1)           CTo (x32010@1)do what you used to do all night,
           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GYou're (320003@1)the oldest swinger in town.



Figured this one out by ear in honour of me bruvvah Pom! ;)
(Good laugh fer an open mic night)
RIP Fred.

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