...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,
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And I'm doing very well.
Verse 1:
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Had a love affair with Nina, in the back of my Cor-tina,
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A seasoned up hyena, could not be more ob-scene-a.
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She took me to the cleaners, and other misde-meanours,
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But I got right up between her, Rum and her Ri-bena.
Chorus 1:
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Oh, you ask Joyce and Vicky,
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If candy-floss is sticky,
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I'm not a blinking thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
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And I'm doin', very well.
Verse 2:
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I bought a lot of brandy, when I was courting Sandy,
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Took eight to make her randy, and all I had was shandy.
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A-nother thing with Sandy, what often came in handy,
Dm F (n.c)
Was passing her a 'Mandy'; she didn't half go bandy.
Chorus 2:
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So, you ask Joyce and Vicky,
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If I ever took the mickey.
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I'm not a flipping thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
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And I'm doin', very well.
Verse 3:
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I'd rendezvous with Janet, quite near the Isle of Thanet,
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She looked more like a gannet; she wasn't half a prannet.
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Her mother tried to ban it; her father helped me plan it,
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And when I captured Janet; she bruised her pome-granate.
Chorus 3:
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Oh, you ask Joyce and Vicki,
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If I ever shaped up tricky,
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I'm not a blooming thicky; I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 F F7 (n.c)
And I'm doin', very well.
Bridge 1:
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You should never, hold a candle,
If you don't know where it's been.
The jackpot, is in the handle,
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On a normal fruit ma-chine.
Chorus 4:
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So, you ask Joyce and Vicki,
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Who's their favourite brickie.
Dm Dm/maj Dm7 Dm/maj
I'm not a common thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
C7 F F7 (n.c)
And I'm doin', very well.
Chorus 4:
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I know a lovely old toe-rag, o-bliging and no-blesse,
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Kindly, charming shag, from Shoeburyness.
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My given name is Dickie, I come from Billericay,
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And I'm doin', very well.
Chorus 5:
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So, you ask Joyce and Vicki;
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A pair of squeaky chickies.
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I'm not a flaming thicky, I'm Billericay Dickie,
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I thought, you'd never guess.
Chorus 6:
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Oh golly, oh gosh; come and lie on the couch,
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With a nice bit of posh, from Burnham-on-Crouch.
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My given name is Dickie; I come from Bille-ricay,
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And I ain't, a slouch.
Chorus 7:
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So you ask Joyce and Vicki,
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About Billericay Dickie.
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I ain't an effin' thicky; you ask Joyce and Vicki;
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I'm doing, very well.
(Repeat to Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
