Chords for Spoiling Ivan
Tempo:
120.05 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
G#
G#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
I'm sitting in a park, drinking [D#m] some tins, [F#] smoking half a cigarette I found in a bin.
I see a little boy, he jumps after swings, he hits a lot of nettles and they're stinging his shins.
[G#m] He's crying for his mother but [F#] she isn't around.
He's sitting on the ground making wah-wah [B] sounds.
I run over to help [G#m] him, sit [F#] him up on my lap.
I make a funny face, [G#] he starts to laugh.
[B] He says his name is [G#] Ivan, [F#] I bought him some sweets.
I take him by the [G#] hand as [D#m] we walk the [B] streets.
I got him a follow [G#] cause he's [F#] my favourite guy.
[G#] I met [F#] him, promised we'd be friends till the day he dies.
He's not [G#m] a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, Spiding Ivan.
[B] He's not a guest pool, [F#] it's my little kangaroo.
Spiding Ivan, Spiding Ivan.
Oh, never known a boy like you before.
[B] [G#m] He's good at dancing, hugging [F#] and doing what [F#m] he's told.
I'd love to get him drunk but Ivan's only six [G#m] years old.
I showed him my big [F#] muscles, he thinks they're really cool.
And he said [G#] he wants a snack for Christmas so I bought him two.
[B] And when his folks [G#] are sleeping, [F#] I call her up [G#] to play.
[F#] We rub [G#] his parents' hair [F#] while we're in the [G#m] trolling alleyway.
We pull on [G#] rollerblades and skate around the [F#] lair
with bellies full of stinky butts and fizzy lemonade.
[B] He's not a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, Spiding Ivan.
[B] He's not a guest [F#] pool, it's my little [G#m] kangaroo.
[F#] Spiding Ivan, Spiding [C] Ivan.
[C#m] And then one summer's [B] day, I call her up to play.
[F#] But all her stuff was gone and Ivan must have moved away.
[C#m] I couldn't take the pain, [B] I took a midnight [F#] train.
I opened up a little bistro in the south of Spain.
[C#m] And twenty years went [B] by, my heart began to [F#] mend.
I learned to live my life alone without him as a friend.
[C#m] One day while I was [B] walking and sweeping up the floor
[F#] I heard a voice that took me back about twenty years or more.
[B] I dropped the broom and pan, across the room I ran.
And it [F#] was Ivan who'd grown up to be a lovely [B] man.
I said, can you imagine the fun we're going to have
[F#] when I'm not to do but hang around and have a [B] laugh.
He said he's much [G#m] too busy [F#] to join in with my fun
but maybe I could introduce you to my little [B] son.
He looks a good [G#] bit like him and quite a actor's son.
He draws me up a hug, [G#m] baby, says Nigel is my name.
I take him by the hand and then we walk away.
[F#] I made a promise we'd be friends until his dying [B] day.
Knock, knock, guess [F#] who, it's not Ivan but [G#m] he'll [F#] do.
Smiling Nigel, Smiling [C] Nigel.
[B] In the colds [F#] there's someone else who really cares.
Smiling Nigel, Smiling [C] Nigel.
[C#m] Who [B] used to know a boy like you before?
[F#] [N]
I'm sitting in a park, drinking [D#m] some tins, [F#] smoking half a cigarette I found in a bin.
I see a little boy, he jumps after swings, he hits a lot of nettles and they're stinging his shins.
[G#m] He's crying for his mother but [F#] she isn't around.
He's sitting on the ground making wah-wah [B] sounds.
I run over to help [G#m] him, sit [F#] him up on my lap.
I make a funny face, [G#] he starts to laugh.
[B] He says his name is [G#] Ivan, [F#] I bought him some sweets.
I take him by the [G#] hand as [D#m] we walk the [B] streets.
I got him a follow [G#] cause he's [F#] my favourite guy.
[G#] I met [F#] him, promised we'd be friends till the day he dies.
He's not [G#m] a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, Spiding Ivan.
[B] He's not a guest pool, [F#] it's my little kangaroo.
Spiding Ivan, Spiding Ivan.
Oh, never known a boy like you before.
[B] [G#m] He's good at dancing, hugging [F#] and doing what [F#m] he's told.
I'd love to get him drunk but Ivan's only six [G#m] years old.
I showed him my big [F#] muscles, he thinks they're really cool.
And he said [G#] he wants a snack for Christmas so I bought him two.
[B] And when his folks [G#] are sleeping, [F#] I call her up [G#] to play.
[F#] We rub [G#] his parents' hair [F#] while we're in the [G#m] trolling alleyway.
We pull on [G#] rollerblades and skate around the [F#] lair
with bellies full of stinky butts and fizzy lemonade.
[B] He's not a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, Spiding Ivan.
[B] He's not a guest [F#] pool, it's my little [G#m] kangaroo.
[F#] Spiding Ivan, Spiding [C] Ivan.
[C#m] And then one summer's [B] day, I call her up to play.
[F#] But all her stuff was gone and Ivan must have moved away.
[C#m] I couldn't take the pain, [B] I took a midnight [F#] train.
I opened up a little bistro in the south of Spain.
[C#m] And twenty years went [B] by, my heart began to [F#] mend.
I learned to live my life alone without him as a friend.
[C#m] One day while I was [B] walking and sweeping up the floor
[F#] I heard a voice that took me back about twenty years or more.
[B] I dropped the broom and pan, across the room I ran.
And it [F#] was Ivan who'd grown up to be a lovely [B] man.
I said, can you imagine the fun we're going to have
[F#] when I'm not to do but hang around and have a [B] laugh.
He said he's much [G#m] too busy [F#] to join in with my fun
but maybe I could introduce you to my little [B] son.
He looks a good [G#] bit like him and quite a actor's son.
He draws me up a hug, [G#m] baby, says Nigel is my name.
I take him by the hand and then we walk away.
[F#] I made a promise we'd be friends until his dying [B] day.
Knock, knock, guess [F#] who, it's not Ivan but [G#m] he'll [F#] do.
Smiling Nigel, Smiling [C] Nigel.
[B] In the colds [F#] there's someone else who really cares.
Smiling Nigel, Smiling [C] Nigel.
[C#m] Who [B] used to know a boy like you before?
[F#] [N]
Key:
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm sitting in a park, drinking [D#m] some tins, _ [F#] smoking half a cigarette I found in a bin.
I see a little boy, he jumps after swings, he hits a lot of nettles and they're stinging his shins.
[G#m] He's crying for his mother but [F#] she isn't around.
He's sitting on the ground making wah-wah [B] sounds.
I run over to help [G#m] him, sit [F#] him up on my lap.
I make a funny face, [G#] _ he starts to laugh.
[B] He says his name is [G#] Ivan, [F#] I bought him some sweets.
I take him by the [G#] hand as [D#m] we walk the [B] streets.
I got him a follow [G#] cause he's [F#] my favourite guy.
[G#] I met [F#] him, promised we'd be friends till the day he dies.
He's not [G#m] a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, _ Spiding Ivan. _
[B] He's not a guest pool, [F#] it's my little kangaroo.
Spiding Ivan, _ _ Spiding Ivan.
Oh, _ _ never known a boy like you before. _ _ _ _
[B] [G#m] He's good at dancing, hugging [F#] and doing what [F#m] he's told.
I'd love to get him drunk but Ivan's only six [G#m] years old.
I showed him my big [F#] muscles, he thinks they're really cool.
And he said [G#] he wants a snack for Christmas so I bought him two.
[B] And when his folks [G#] are sleeping, [F#] I call her up [G#] to play.
[F#] We rub [G#] his parents' hair [F#] while we're in the [G#m] trolling alleyway.
We pull on [G#] rollerblades and skate around the [F#] lair
with bellies full of stinky butts and fizzy lemonade.
[B] He's not a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, _ Spiding Ivan.
[B] He's not a guest [F#] pool, it's my little [G#m] kangaroo.
[F#] Spiding Ivan, _ Spiding [C] Ivan. _
[C#m] And then one summer's [B] day, I call her up to play.
[F#] But all her stuff was gone and Ivan must have moved away.
[C#m] I couldn't take the pain, [B] I took a midnight [F#] train.
I opened up a little bistro in the south of Spain.
[C#m] And twenty years went [B] by, my heart began to [F#] mend.
I learned to live my life alone without him as a friend.
[C#m] One day while I was [B] walking and sweeping up the floor
[F#] I heard a voice that took me back about twenty years or more.
[B] I dropped the broom and pan, across the room I ran.
And it [F#] was Ivan who'd grown up to be a lovely [B] man.
I said, can you imagine the fun we're going to have
[F#] when I'm not to do but hang around and have a [B] laugh.
He said he's much [G#m] too busy [F#] to join in with my fun
but maybe I could introduce you to my little [B] son.
He looks a good [G#] bit like him and quite a actor's son.
He draws me up a hug, [G#m] baby, says Nigel is my name.
I take him by the hand and then we walk away.
[F#] I made a promise we'd be friends until his dying [B] day.
Knock, knock, guess [F#] who, it's not Ivan but [G#m] he'll [F#] do.
Smiling Nigel, _ Smiling [C] Nigel. _
[B] In the colds [F#] there's someone else who really cares.
Smiling Nigel, _ Smiling [C] Nigel. _
[C#m] Who _ [B] used to know a boy like you before?
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm sitting in a park, drinking [D#m] some tins, _ [F#] smoking half a cigarette I found in a bin.
I see a little boy, he jumps after swings, he hits a lot of nettles and they're stinging his shins.
[G#m] He's crying for his mother but [F#] she isn't around.
He's sitting on the ground making wah-wah [B] sounds.
I run over to help [G#m] him, sit [F#] him up on my lap.
I make a funny face, [G#] _ he starts to laugh.
[B] He says his name is [G#] Ivan, [F#] I bought him some sweets.
I take him by the [G#] hand as [D#m] we walk the [B] streets.
I got him a follow [G#] cause he's [F#] my favourite guy.
[G#] I met [F#] him, promised we'd be friends till the day he dies.
He's not [G#m] a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, _ Spiding Ivan. _
[B] He's not a guest pool, [F#] it's my little kangaroo.
Spiding Ivan, _ _ Spiding Ivan.
Oh, _ _ never known a boy like you before. _ _ _ _
[B] [G#m] He's good at dancing, hugging [F#] and doing what [F#m] he's told.
I'd love to get him drunk but Ivan's only six [G#m] years old.
I showed him my big [F#] muscles, he thinks they're really cool.
And he said [G#] he wants a snack for Christmas so I bought him two.
[B] And when his folks [G#] are sleeping, [F#] I call her up [G#] to play.
[F#] We rub [G#] his parents' hair [F#] while we're in the [G#m] trolling alleyway.
We pull on [G#] rollerblades and skate around the [F#] lair
with bellies full of stinky butts and fizzy lemonade.
[B] He's not a cool steal, [F#] it's my little teddy bear.
Spiding Ivan, _ Spiding Ivan.
[B] He's not a guest [F#] pool, it's my little [G#m] kangaroo.
[F#] Spiding Ivan, _ Spiding [C] Ivan. _
[C#m] And then one summer's [B] day, I call her up to play.
[F#] But all her stuff was gone and Ivan must have moved away.
[C#m] I couldn't take the pain, [B] I took a midnight [F#] train.
I opened up a little bistro in the south of Spain.
[C#m] And twenty years went [B] by, my heart began to [F#] mend.
I learned to live my life alone without him as a friend.
[C#m] One day while I was [B] walking and sweeping up the floor
[F#] I heard a voice that took me back about twenty years or more.
[B] I dropped the broom and pan, across the room I ran.
And it [F#] was Ivan who'd grown up to be a lovely [B] man.
I said, can you imagine the fun we're going to have
[F#] when I'm not to do but hang around and have a [B] laugh.
He said he's much [G#m] too busy [F#] to join in with my fun
but maybe I could introduce you to my little [B] son.
He looks a good [G#] bit like him and quite a actor's son.
He draws me up a hug, [G#m] baby, says Nigel is my name.
I take him by the hand and then we walk away.
[F#] I made a promise we'd be friends until his dying [B] day.
Knock, knock, guess [F#] who, it's not Ivan but [G#m] he'll [F#] do.
Smiling Nigel, _ Smiling [C] Nigel. _
[B] In the colds [F#] there's someone else who really cares.
Smiling Nigel, _ Smiling [C] Nigel. _
[C#m] Who _ [B] used to know a boy like you before?
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _