Irene Wilde Chords by Ian Hunter

_ [Bb] Well, _ _ _ I've got a little.
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ [C] This is a true story.
Some people ask me [Bbm] if this is [N] a true story. _ _
They say, Ian. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Gm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
When I was just 16, [G] _ _
_ I [Am] stood waiting _ for a [C] dream
_ At [F] _ Barker Street bus [G] station _ [A] every [C] night
_ _ _ [F] When _ _ _ [C] I tried to get it [G] on, _ _ _ she'd just [Am] look at me with [C] scorn
_ _ _ [F] My courage turned to [G] fear _ [C] and I took flight
_ [F] _ For [C] _ _
_ those [Am] looks, they seemed to [F] say
_ You [G] ain't nothing, go [C] away
[B] You're just [Am] some face [C] in some [F] crowd _ _
So I [G] walked home [Am] _ and I [C]
vowed
_ I'm [F] gonna be _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] somebody _ _ _ [C] someday
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Her name was Irene _ [Em] _ Wilde
Oh, [Am] such beauty for [C] a child
_ When [F] she [Dm] started dating [G] boys, _ I [C] nearly died
_ Oh, _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] I could not barely [G] stand
_ Seeing _ [Am] anyone _ hold her [C] hand
I [G] _ _ [F] thought I'd have to crawl [G] _ _ [A] away and [C] hide
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
In my [Am] _ mother's Sunday [F] room _
I _ [G] composed _ so many [C] tunes, they [Em] was all [Am] the same
_ [C] Just a [F] frame _ _ _ [G] for her name
And just [C] to say
_ _ I'm [F] gonna be [Em] _
_ [Dm] somebody _ _ _ [C] someday
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ Wilde was [F] your name
I [G] soon left that country [C] town
I've [Em] been [Am] around, I've [G] seen some [F] fame _ _
Seen [G] some ups, I've seen some [C] downs
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ Smiles for your [F] old shot
_ As [G] you hear your name [C] out loud
[G] It's that [Am] face _ [C] in the [F] crowd _
I [G] didn't dig it, I'm much too [C] proud
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_ _ _ [C] When _ _ [F] _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] I was just [G] sixteen
_ I stood [Am] waiting for that [C] dream _ _ _ _
_ [F] About the street bus [G] station, _ none [C] affair
_ _ At [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] the time it seemed so [G] sad
_ But [Am] it didn't turn out [C] that _
If _ [F] she hadn't turned me [G] down
_ [F] I'd still [C] be there
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ You [Am] know I think most folks [F] agree _
_ A [G] little book there makes them [C] see
[Em] They ain't the [A] chief, [G] they're just [F] a link
_ And that's [G] why she made me [C] think _
_ _ [F] I'm gonna be _ [C] _ _
[Dm] somebody
_ _ _ Be [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] somebody _ _ _
Be [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] somebody _ _ _ _ [C] Someday
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