Chords for Alive An' Kickin BY Ellis And Wince Coles
Tempo:
98.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G]
[C]
Maisie stuck her finger [F] up as she sipped [C] on her tea, [G] said this is just for all them folks
who's talking about me.
[C] They say I should marry [F] Ned cause he's just [C] too darn old, [G] but Hon-Oi's seen his bank book,
he's a nutter Ross Perot.
She said I got it figured [F] out exactly [C] what to do.
There's a way that I can have me cake and [G] eat it too.
[C] He's nearly ninety-seven, [F] his old heart can't [C] be that strong.
One good night of lovin' and I knows he'll be gone.
At the altar Ned stood waiting [F] as Maisie [C] glided in.
On his legs he's not too steady, on his face he [G] wears the grin.
[C] Then Maisie whispers to [F] somebody in the [C] second row,
I'll meet you on the beach honey [G] in about a [C] week or so.
She [F] said he's still alive and kicking, I see him wobble [C] on his legs.
When he goes to the hotel you go home and [G] pack your bags.
[F] Cause one good night of lovin' they'll lay him [C] in the ground.
He'll be on his way to heaven [G] up [C] California bound.
[G] It's been nearly a week now [F] since the [C] honeymoons begun.
Friends were [G] afraid that Ned's old heart had failed him in the farm.
Baby Maisie's [C] sitting up there [F] in her hotel [G] room alone.
Poor Ned cradled in her arms afraid to [C] come back home.
The volunteer fire [F] brigade were all called [C] out of bed.
This is a rescue mission to try and save Uncle Ned.
With oxygen and [F] stretchers they ran to the [C] seventh floor.
They met Ned leading Maisie out their hotel door.
His old legs they still wobble [F] but his grin's [C] twice as big.
Maisie's hair was everywhere like a hurricane blown wig.
Her lipstick smeared, her makeup's [F] gone but her cheeks were [C] rosy red.
As he put his arm around her to his rescuers he said,
[F] She's still alive and kicking just a little weak [C] in the legs.
They don't make them like they used to back in my [G] younger days.
Now [F] don't think that I'm playing this world [C] without cares.
Cause I'm still alive and kicking, [G] ain't felt this [C] good in years.
[G] Now before she had a chance to speak Ned turned and kissed her on the cheeks.
[D] Said I knows we ain't had much [G] sleep but why don't I book us in for another week?
[C] Maisie, Maisie, [F] why she's so excited she's done gone.
Oh [C] Ned, anybody know mouth to mouth?
You do but [G] you wouldn't touch those lips with a ten foot pole.
[F] Get over here with that oxygen.
Come [C] on sweetheart, now I knows how happy you are [G] I'll book us in for [C] a month.
Ah what the heck, [F] I got lots of money.
I'll buy the hotel and [C] we'll live here forever.
Oh my heart, please speak to me.
[G] She needs more oxygen.
[F] Oh my Maisie, oh my little love, [C] please speak to me now.
You [G] know how much I love you.
[C] [N]
[C]
Maisie stuck her finger [F] up as she sipped [C] on her tea, [G] said this is just for all them folks
who's talking about me.
[C] They say I should marry [F] Ned cause he's just [C] too darn old, [G] but Hon-Oi's seen his bank book,
he's a nutter Ross Perot.
She said I got it figured [F] out exactly [C] what to do.
There's a way that I can have me cake and [G] eat it too.
[C] He's nearly ninety-seven, [F] his old heart can't [C] be that strong.
One good night of lovin' and I knows he'll be gone.
At the altar Ned stood waiting [F] as Maisie [C] glided in.
On his legs he's not too steady, on his face he [G] wears the grin.
[C] Then Maisie whispers to [F] somebody in the [C] second row,
I'll meet you on the beach honey [G] in about a [C] week or so.
She [F] said he's still alive and kicking, I see him wobble [C] on his legs.
When he goes to the hotel you go home and [G] pack your bags.
[F] Cause one good night of lovin' they'll lay him [C] in the ground.
He'll be on his way to heaven [G] up [C] California bound.
[G] It's been nearly a week now [F] since the [C] honeymoons begun.
Friends were [G] afraid that Ned's old heart had failed him in the farm.
Baby Maisie's [C] sitting up there [F] in her hotel [G] room alone.
Poor Ned cradled in her arms afraid to [C] come back home.
The volunteer fire [F] brigade were all called [C] out of bed.
This is a rescue mission to try and save Uncle Ned.
With oxygen and [F] stretchers they ran to the [C] seventh floor.
They met Ned leading Maisie out their hotel door.
His old legs they still wobble [F] but his grin's [C] twice as big.
Maisie's hair was everywhere like a hurricane blown wig.
Her lipstick smeared, her makeup's [F] gone but her cheeks were [C] rosy red.
As he put his arm around her to his rescuers he said,
[F] She's still alive and kicking just a little weak [C] in the legs.
They don't make them like they used to back in my [G] younger days.
Now [F] don't think that I'm playing this world [C] without cares.
Cause I'm still alive and kicking, [G] ain't felt this [C] good in years.
[G] Now before she had a chance to speak Ned turned and kissed her on the cheeks.
[D] Said I knows we ain't had much [G] sleep but why don't I book us in for another week?
[C] Maisie, Maisie, [F] why she's so excited she's done gone.
Oh [C] Ned, anybody know mouth to mouth?
You do but [G] you wouldn't touch those lips with a ten foot pole.
[F] Get over here with that oxygen.
Come [C] on sweetheart, now I knows how happy you are [G] I'll book us in for [C] a month.
Ah what the heck, [F] I got lots of money.
I'll buy the hotel and [C] we'll live here forever.
Oh my heart, please speak to me.
[G] She needs more oxygen.
[F] Oh my Maisie, oh my little love, [C] please speak to me now.
You [G] know how much I love you.
[C] [N]
Key:
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
Maisie stuck her finger [F] up as she sipped [C] on her tea, [G] said this is just for all them folks
who's talking about me.
_ [C] They say I should marry [F] Ned cause he's just [C] too darn old, [G] but Hon-Oi's seen his bank book,
he's a nutter Ross Perot.
_ She said I got it figured [F] out exactly [C] what to do.
There's a way that I can have me cake and [G] eat it too.
_ [C] He's nearly ninety-seven, [F] his old heart can't [C] be that strong.
One good night of lovin' and I knows he'll be gone.
_ At the altar Ned stood waiting [F] as Maisie [C] glided in.
On his legs he's not too steady, on his face he [G] wears the grin.
_ [C] Then Maisie whispers to [F] somebody in the [C] second row,
I'll meet you on the beach honey [G] in about a [C] week or so.
She [F] said he's still alive and kicking, I see him wobble [C] on his legs.
When he goes to the hotel you go home and [G] pack your bags.
_ [F] Cause one good night of lovin' they'll lay him [C] in the ground.
He'll be on his way to heaven [G] up [C] California bound.
_ [G] It's been nearly a week now [F] since the [C] honeymoons begun.
Friends were [G] afraid that Ned's old heart had failed him in the farm.
Baby Maisie's [C] sitting up there [F] in her hotel [G] room alone.
Poor Ned cradled in her arms afraid to [C] come back home.
_ The volunteer fire [F] brigade were all called [C] out of bed.
This is a rescue mission to try and save Uncle Ned.
_ With oxygen and [F] stretchers they ran to the [C] seventh floor.
They met Ned leading Maisie out their hotel door.
_ His old legs they still wobble [F] but his grin's [C] twice as big.
Maisie's hair was everywhere like a hurricane blown wig.
_ Her lipstick smeared, her makeup's [F] gone but her cheeks were [C] rosy red.
As he put his arm around her to his rescuers he said,
_ [F] She's still alive and kicking just a little weak [C] in the legs.
They don't make them like they used to back in my [G] younger days.
Now [F] don't think that I'm playing this world [C] without cares.
Cause I'm still alive and kicking, [G] ain't felt this [C] good in years.
_ [G] Now before she had a chance to speak Ned turned and kissed her on the cheeks.
[D] Said I knows we ain't had much [G] sleep but why don't I book us in for another week?
_ [C] _ Maisie, _ Maisie, [F] why she's so excited she's done gone.
Oh [C] Ned, _ anybody know mouth to mouth?
You do but [G] you wouldn't touch those lips with a ten foot pole.
[F] Get over here with that oxygen.
Come [C] on sweetheart, now I knows how happy you are [G] I'll book us in for [C] a month.
Ah what the heck, [F] I got lots of money.
I'll buy the hotel and [C] we'll live here forever.
Oh my heart, please speak to me.
[G] She needs more oxygen.
[F] Oh my Maisie, oh my little love, [C] please speak to me now.
You [G] know how much I love you.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _
Maisie stuck her finger [F] up as she sipped [C] on her tea, [G] said this is just for all them folks
who's talking about me.
_ [C] They say I should marry [F] Ned cause he's just [C] too darn old, [G] but Hon-Oi's seen his bank book,
he's a nutter Ross Perot.
_ She said I got it figured [F] out exactly [C] what to do.
There's a way that I can have me cake and [G] eat it too.
_ [C] He's nearly ninety-seven, [F] his old heart can't [C] be that strong.
One good night of lovin' and I knows he'll be gone.
_ At the altar Ned stood waiting [F] as Maisie [C] glided in.
On his legs he's not too steady, on his face he [G] wears the grin.
_ [C] Then Maisie whispers to [F] somebody in the [C] second row,
I'll meet you on the beach honey [G] in about a [C] week or so.
She [F] said he's still alive and kicking, I see him wobble [C] on his legs.
When he goes to the hotel you go home and [G] pack your bags.
_ [F] Cause one good night of lovin' they'll lay him [C] in the ground.
He'll be on his way to heaven [G] up [C] California bound.
_ [G] It's been nearly a week now [F] since the [C] honeymoons begun.
Friends were [G] afraid that Ned's old heart had failed him in the farm.
Baby Maisie's [C] sitting up there [F] in her hotel [G] room alone.
Poor Ned cradled in her arms afraid to [C] come back home.
_ The volunteer fire [F] brigade were all called [C] out of bed.
This is a rescue mission to try and save Uncle Ned.
_ With oxygen and [F] stretchers they ran to the [C] seventh floor.
They met Ned leading Maisie out their hotel door.
_ His old legs they still wobble [F] but his grin's [C] twice as big.
Maisie's hair was everywhere like a hurricane blown wig.
_ Her lipstick smeared, her makeup's [F] gone but her cheeks were [C] rosy red.
As he put his arm around her to his rescuers he said,
_ [F] She's still alive and kicking just a little weak [C] in the legs.
They don't make them like they used to back in my [G] younger days.
Now [F] don't think that I'm playing this world [C] without cares.
Cause I'm still alive and kicking, [G] ain't felt this [C] good in years.
_ [G] Now before she had a chance to speak Ned turned and kissed her on the cheeks.
[D] Said I knows we ain't had much [G] sleep but why don't I book us in for another week?
_ [C] _ Maisie, _ Maisie, [F] why she's so excited she's done gone.
Oh [C] Ned, _ anybody know mouth to mouth?
You do but [G] you wouldn't touch those lips with a ten foot pole.
[F] Get over here with that oxygen.
Come [C] on sweetheart, now I knows how happy you are [G] I'll book us in for [C] a month.
Ah what the heck, [F] I got lots of money.
I'll buy the hotel and [C] we'll live here forever.
Oh my heart, please speak to me.
[G] She needs more oxygen.
[F] Oh my Maisie, oh my little love, [C] please speak to me now.
You [G] know how much I love you.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _