Sweet Gene Vincent Chords by Ian Dury

_ _ Blue _ Jimmy _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Skinny white sailor the chances were slender the beauties were brief _ _ _ _
Shall I mourn your decline with some Thunderbird wine and a black _ handkerchief? _
_ _ I miss your sad _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Virginia whisper _ _ _ _ _
I miss [G] the _ voice
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[G] That called [C] my heart
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_ [A] _ Gee _ _
_ [Dm] _ Benson _ _
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[Bb] _ _ Young _ [F]
and old _ [Gm] and _ gone _ _ _
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sweet
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_ _ _ Who's that _
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White face black shirt white [C] socks black shoes black hair white _
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_ Roll [G] tonight [D] _
[G] and the soft
[C] cold [G] in the [C] Union Hall
[D] You won't feel [G] their delight
_ They're come back [C] so many
[G] ready to carry [C] you
She's the one with the [G] flying [D] feet
[G] You can wait [C] no, we'll [G] stay for six [C] more weeks
[G]
The [D] meeting's been [G] complete _ [C] And the
Thunderbird's hung in the
Dungarees
[G] A sweater and a ponytail
_ If [C] your guests are late
Get your comeback state
[A] The hoodlums bite [D] their [Db] nails Ow!
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Black [C] gloves white frost
Black great white lead white
Sheet black night jet black [G] Ed White
[C] Sweet _ [G] Jimmy Benson
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There's one in [G] every town
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And the [C] nerve old
[G] drives girl the [C] hearse to rise
[G] You may [D] have just [G] come down _ _ _
[C] Sweet [G] Jimmy Benson
[C] With nowhere left [G] to hide
[D] _ [G] With [C] lazy [G] screaming
and [C] stray eyes
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A fairway in pride
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_ _ [G] So go [C] down that [G] hill
Nicky from the hotel
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Who's that Jimmy my [G] name's Paul
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[G] When the [C] next bill
is [G] handed to you [C] it's sure
[G] _ [D] You'll be done and out of [G] all _ _ _
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