Chords for ELLEN FOLEY + THE RANT BAND -- "IRENE WILDE"

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_ _ [B] Hello boys and girls.
How are you?
[N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Ian produced my first album with Bronson.
Yeah! _ _ _ _
_ _ 1979 when I was very, very young.
_ _ I'm still young.
And I always think about it, you know, I was kind [G] of an innocent little girl from St.
Louis
and Ian would say, you know, call me [Ab] Elphaba, or Elphora, or Elrond, or Elrond.
[Eb] And as a polite, [Gb] you know, [D] Midwestern girl, I'd say, yes, I'm fine, thank you.
I'm alright.
[Ab] Not knowing that with a [Gb] rhetorical question, you're not supposed to say, I'm alright.
_ But I was so thrilled when they called me and asked me [G] to be part of [Eb] this tonight.
I haven't seen Ian for a long time. _ _
So I strong-armed James into letting me sing this song, which isn't hard, [Ebm] because I'm a tough girl.
[D] And, oh, oh!
_ And _ [Db] it's [Eb] not only a beautiful, beautiful song [Bb] to sing, but it's perfect.
The [Eb] lyric is perfect in the way it tells [F] the story. _ _ _ _ _ _
When I was just six today.
[Em] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ You [F] _ stood [Bb] by the street [C] bus station _ [F] every night.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ When [F] I tried to get [Am] home, _ she [Dm] just looked at me [F] with scorn.
_ My [Bb] coat is turned [C] up and [F] I'm flat.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
They seem to [Bb] say you [C] ain't no decent _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] face [F] in [Bb] the crowd.
So [C] I went home and [F] I found I [Bb] wanna be [Am] _ _ [Gm] somebody [C] _ _ [F] someday.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Her name was Ali, [C] what, oh, [D] such beautiful _ [F] eyes.
She _ [Bb] _
started making [C] poems, I [F] knew it. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Through and through [E] every step, _ [Dm] I see someone hold [F] her hand.
_ [Bb] I feel my [C] head to crawl away.
[F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ She's [Dm] louder _ than the [Bb] air I breathe.
I [C] want _ _ [F] it to [Am] stay, just [Dm] _ _
_ [Bb] the phrase, for [C] her name.
And just [F] to say, I'm [Bb] gonna [Am] be [Gm] somebody.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] I'm afraid _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] to [Bb] say, I see [C] some folks as sick as you [F] die.
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ When [C] you hear your name _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[Cm] in the [Bb] crowd, I've been [C] dead, I'm busted.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
When I was just [C] sixteen, I [Dm] stood waiting on [F] that dream. _
[Bb] I bought the street [C] bus station, _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] but I only see a [Em] sunset.
_ [D] Putting in my time, [C] now and then, she had [Bb] met me [C] on my [F] way.
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] I breathe, a [C] little, but now you [F] see, I'm [D] a change.
_ [Bb] And then, _ [C] and then, that's why she made [F] me think, _ [Bb] I'm gonna [Am] be _ [Gm] somebody.
_ _ [Dm] Be [C] _ _ [Bb] somebody.
_ I'm gonna be [Am] _ [G] somebody. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm gonna be [Ab] somebody [F] someday. _ _ _ _ _
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