Chords for Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar + Just Because I'm Irish [October 1993]

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[F#] Okay, thank you. _ _ _ _ _
_ We're [N] always happy, we're always happy.
When my next guest is able to drop by for a visit,
in September, he made his network television debut with us
and tonight he's here to play a song
off his most recent album, I, Jonathan.
Please welcome back to the show, [F#] Jonathan Richman. _ _
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_ Thank you everybody.
Thank you everybody.
What I'm gonna do is tell you a song
that is a true story.
It happened to me in a bar when I was playing there
about a year and a half ago and this is what happened.
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_ _ [E] I was dancing in a nightclub one Friday night
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and that nightclub bar was [Dm] a little uptight. _
_ _ It was.
[D#] I was dancing all [F#] alone, a little self-conscious
when some kids came up and said,
Jonathan, for dancing, come with us.
[Dm] _ _ And soon I was [Am] dancing in the lesbian [Dm] bar, oh, oh.
I was dancing in [Am] the lesbian bar, oh, oh. _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ Well, they took [G] me to the lesbian [E] bar
in the industrial zone.
They took me to dance with [A] them or dance alone.
[Dm] Well, _ _ it was all right, [Em] but in this bar,
[A] well, things were Friday night.
[Em] In the first bar, [F#] things were just all [Dm] right.
In this bar, [E] things were Friday night.
I was dancing in the lesbian [Am] bar, oh, oh.
I was [G] dancing in the lesbian bar, oh, [E] oh.
Let's try it.
[A] Get down.
I _ _ _ _ _ was [C#] dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing,
oh, well, it was a [E] Saturday morning.
What [F] I'm saying is that I [D#] was dancing, dancing, dancing,
[Gm] oh, my wife got found.
Well, now, that's [A#] all over [E] now.
_ [G] _ [E] All right.
_ Well, they took me to the lesbian [E] bar.
Way downtown, they took [G] me to check the [E] scene
and hang around.
Well, [Dm] in the first bar, things were stop and stare,
[E] but in this bar, oh, oh, things were laissez-faire.
In the first bar, things were stop and stare.
In this bar, things were laissez-faire.
I was dancing in the lesbian bar, oh, oh.
[Dm] Well, in the first bar, folks were drinking sips,
but in this bar, oh, [F#] they could shake their [Am] hips.
In the first [N] bar, they would drink and sip.
In this bar, they could shake their hips.
I was dancing in the lesbian bar, oh, oh.
I was dancing in the lesbian bar, oh, oh, oh.
_ Wow. _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ Wow.
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_ [F#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ I'm here with Jonathan Richman.
[N] Very nice song.
Now, you have a real no-frills approach to your music.
So it would seem. _ _
How many guitars, is this your only guitar,
or do you have more?
I got a couple of Japanese ones back at the ranch there.
They aren't much that you'd have to worry
about anyone stealing, if you know what I mean.
Here's the main one I got.
Yeah, it's the only one I take on the road.
Right, so you don't have a huge entourage or anything?
No, I got that, that, and that.
_ It's a nice system.
Yeah, thanks.
Now, I understand _ that you and Julia have a song.
Yeah, we do.
Would you like to hear it?
No.
_ _ Yes, of course I would.
Now, this song needs some setup.
You want me to tell her, or you set it up?
Who wants to set it up?
[B] Well, Stephen Ray came and did a guest appearance
on the show when I did that Pat segment,
the parody of the crime game.
[G#] And I met Stephen Ray,
[D#] and we had a wonderful conversation in his dressing room,
and I was quite enamored with him.
[D] And we had a [C] conversation about Irish bars [B] in New York,
and I told Jonathan about it,
and then he wrote a song about our conversation.
And now she's sorry.
And I can't sing, I'm not a singer.
Oh, [Cm] yes you are.
_ [F] America's about to find out. _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ I'm Irish, [Bm] he thinks that I should know
[F] every Irish bar in [G] Manhattan.
I'd leave to one or two.
[C] [F] Just because he's born in [Bm] County Clare or County Cork,
[G] where they socialize much more than they do in old New York.
[C] Just because I'm Irish,
[Em] which he says he should have guessed by [F] my name's Sweeney,
an Irish [F#] that I am,
[Fm] _ [F] doesn't mean I [G] know each Irish [E] bar here in [Em] Midtown New York.
[F] I'm more likely [G] to be seen in [C] Central Park.
[A] Now Julia, _ have you ever been to Finnegan's
on 23rd and Gramercy Park?
[G] No. _
[C] _ _ _ [D] Julia, _ then there's that place, what [Am] is it?
_ [D] It's Deegan's [G#] over there by Columbus [A] Circle.
Have you tried that yet?
No.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
[A] Okay, now there's one right across the street
[Em] from where you work here in Rockefeller [Am] Center.
It's Scanlon's Pub.
[G] Now haven't you seen it at least?
No, I'm [Cm] sorry.
Colin, what are we going to do with her?
It's your [C] call, Jonathan, it's your call.
How long you lived in New [D] York anyway, Julia?
_ _ [C] Just because I'm [Em] Irish,
he thinks that I should know [F] every Irish bar north [G] of Soho.
_ _ [F] Just because he's born [Em] in Galway Bay,
[G] where they socialize much more than they do here in the USA.
_ [C] Just because I'm Irish,
[Em] which he says he should have guessed [F] by something Irish
in the way I smile,
_ doesn't mean I know [F#m] each Irish [E] bar here [Em] in Midtown New York.
[F] I'm more [G] likely to be [Am] seen in Central Park.
Is [B] that right?
She's [F] more likely [G] to be seen in [F] Central Park. _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
Hey, hey, [C] _ _ _ _
[A#] how are you?
[C] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [N] _
_ That was great.
_ All right, well remind me to have a conversation with you,
you can write a song around.
I would enjoy that thoroughly.
All right, well listen, thank you very much.
No?
Oh, come on, thank you.
All right.
_ Thank you very much, we gotta step away,
we'll be right back. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Jonathan's gonna be at the Lone Star Roadhouse
tomorrow night, so check him out.
I also wanna thank Julia Sweeney for being here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And of course, [F#] my thanks to Rick Taylor for being here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And special thanks always to Andy Richter,
the Max Weinberg Seven.
That's our show, have a nice weekend.
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