Chords for Remembering Frankie Venom (Teenage Head) r.i.p. 1956 2008

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_ I [Ab] just love Frankie [G] so much.
I feel like a little piece [N] of my heart's gone.
During the
70s we hung out, we had so much fun.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] I miss [C] Frankie.
_ _ _ Great memories of [G] him hanging from
the pipes [F] at the crashing bar.
_ [C] _ Plenty of them.
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Frankie, wow.
[G] He was just a great performer.
_ [C] To go see him live was one of my favorite [Gm] _ things to do when I was 18 in 1978, _ _ [N] 79.
_ Going
to the Teenage Head Shows was just an amazing thing.
_ [C] Big influence on [F] me.
I probably wouldn't
be a [Gm] singer today if it wasn't for [F] people like Frankie and Teenage Head.
_ [A] And the Forgotten
Rebels [Db] and that [Gm] sort of stuff.
_ I'm a [Am] rebel, I'm an activist.
I think Frankie [F] was in the
way he lived his life.
[Gm] He definitely _ _ [F] bucked the [C] system.
And if we didn't buck the system
[Gb] we wouldn't have the rights that we have [G] today.
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Frank [G] was one of my biggest inspirations.
I used to see [C] him hanging around Star Records back in the mid _ -70s.
And [Gm] then I believe the
[Eb] first time [Fm] I saw him play was at [C] Grant High School in _ [G] Burlington.
And from there I basically
was turned, [Bb] I came to [Gm] Toronto.
I crashed and [G] burned into the chimney. _
Through them I met
and saw [Fm] bands like the Dios and the Vile [C] Tones _ [Gm] and the Ugly.
And _ _ I just, the first Teenage
Head album from you is [F] on par with probably my top five [G] great albums. _ _ _ _ _
[C] Frank is the heart
and soul [Gm] of Teenage Head and I'm going to miss him a lot.
He means a lot.
[G] But _ _ rest in
peace brother.
_ [C] Well Frankie actually taught me my [Bb] first guitar chord.
[G] And now I've been
playing for [F] about ten years and we're actually nominated in [C] Hamilton Music Awards against
Teenage Head [G] for best punk album of the year.
Which is [F] ironic but it's awesome.
_ [C] _ I'm really,
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I don't know, I [Gm] love it.
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ I've known Frank almost 30 years [Cm] and I've worked for him for many [Gb] years.
I just think
[G] he affected so [F] many people's lives in so many [Gb] ways.
I think there's a person [C] who was rock and
roll.
[B] He [Gm] had that [F] charisma, he had that personality, [C] he had that _ thing about him that was just
superior [Gm] in so many ways to other front men.
He was rock and roll.
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_ _ He may have come out of the
punk movement [F] but the [C] guy had something different and something that just _ [Eb] _ [G] _ unequivocally_
_disappeared.
I [C] _ went to high school with Frank Venom.
I was grade [Fm] 9, he was a grade [G] 12.
He dressed like [C] New York Dolls every day. _ _
Even [F] before Teenage Head ever hit [G] Toronto or did
anything they were [C] fully formed.
They were Canada's greatest rock and roll [G] band.
To be a kid around
there witnessing [C] that and having them as my friends [F]
is a pretty [G] magical [Gm] thing.
And [F] Frank
really gave [C] a lot of Canada the best party they ever had in their life.
[Gm] _ Very few people do Frank
[F] Murr and [C] he can be a difficult person but also the sweetest man in the world.
I played [G] with Frank
for a while and _ [F] did a gig in an oyster bar [C] for a couple months. _ _
The guy [Ab] used to pay [G] us in coke and
_ [F] booze. _
Basically all we [C] did was get high and teach tricks all the time. _
_ [G] We were having a lot of [F] fun
I knew him for a [C] while and we always had fun.
_ I [G] remember back in the [F] 70s we used to go down to
[Cm] Larry's Hideaway, _ [C] me and Crazy [G] Harry, _ _ _ [F] _
Crassy.
_ [C] These are a long time ago. _
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Some _ [C] _ _ year and a half ago at the Wilson House.
_ _ _ _ It's a shame.
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_ _ [E] Stand up by Frank. _
_ [A] _ We used to [E] play [Bm] baseball together in Princeville Park.
_ Frank was a couple years [E] older so he was up
there and I wasn't.
[A] _ After that [B] with the head, good _ [E] friends, _ playing in [B] Frank's basement [E] would have been
the beginning.
_ [A] Great _
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lyrics, [B] love his lyrics.
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Lots of fun, [B] many places across the country.
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_ _ _ _ I've known the [D] guy _ almost 40 years. _ _ _ _
[A] He's lucky, he used to say 52 forever.
I'm gonna march on till I'm 100.
[G] _ _ _ Rock and roll. _
_ _ [A] Frankie, great to know you. _
Lovely afternoon.
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ Well, _
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_ _ _ can't have ever [E] had it all without Frank.
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_ [A] you
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