Sweet Gene Vincent
Ian Dury And The BlockheadsVersion1
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Chords in this song
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(Spoken):
Blue Gene baby...
Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender,
The beauties were brief.
Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine,
And a black hankercheif?
I miss your sad, Virginia whisper.
I miss the voice, that called my heart.
Sweet Gene Vincent,
Young and old and gone,
Sweet Gene Vincent.
Who, who, who slapped John?
(Faster Tempo):
White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes.
Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black.
Sweet Gene Vincent,
Let the blue cats roll to-night;
At the sock hop ball, in the union hall,
Where the bop is their de-light.
Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie,
She's the one with the flying feet.
You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease,
The beat is reet com-plete.
And you jump back honey in the dungerees,
Tight sweater and a pony tail;
Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage?
The hoodlums bite their nails.
Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead.
White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white.
Sweet Gene Vincent,
There's one in every town,
And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives,
And you lay that pistol down.
Sweet Gene Vincent,
There's nowhere left to hide.
With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes;
A perfo-rated pride.
So farewell ma-demoi-selle, Knicker-bocker Hotel,
Fare-well to money owed.
But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts,
You got to get back on the road.
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Readable chord sheet for Sweet Gene Vincent by Ian Dury And The Blockheads
------------------------............................. (Spoken): Blue Gene baby..[F]. [F] [Dm] [F] Skinny white sailor, the [Dm]chances were slender, The [F]beauties were brief. [Dm] Shall I [F]mourn your decline, with some [Dm]Thunderbird wine, And a black [F]hankercheif? [Dm] I miss your [F]sad, Virginia [Bb]whisper. I miss the [G7]voice, that called my [C]heart. [C] [Bb] Sweet [Am]Gene [Dm]Vincent, [Bb] Young and [Am]old and [Gm]gone, [C] Sweet [A7]Gene [Dm]Vincent. [N.C.]Who, who, who slapped John? (Faster Tempo): [G] [D] [G] [G] Wh[N.C.]ite face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes. Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black. [G] Sweet [C]Gene [G]Vincent, Let the [C]blue cats roll to-[G]night; [D] At the [G]sock hop [C]ball, in the [G]union [C]hall, Where the [G]bop is [D]their de-[G]light. Here come [G]duck-tailed [C]Danny, dragging [G]Uncanny Annie, She's the [C]one with the flying [G]feet. [D] You can [G]break the [C]peace, daddy [G]sickle [C]grease, The [G]beat is [D]reet com-[G]plete. And you [C]jump back honey in the dungerees, Tight [G]sweater and a pony [G7]tail; Will you [C]guess her age, when she comes back stage? The [A7]hoodlums bite their [D7]nails. [C#7] [C] [G] [G7] [C] [D7] [G] [G] Bl[N.C.]ack gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead. White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white. [G] Sweet [C]Gene [G]Vincent, There's [C]one in every [G]town,[D] And the [G]Devil [C]drives, 'till the [G]hearse ar-[C]rives, And you [G]lay that [D]pistol [G]down. [G] Sweet [C]Gene [G]Vincent, There's [C]nowhere left to [G]hide. [D] With [G]lazy [C]skin and [G]ash-tray [C]eyes; A [G]perfo-[D]rated [G]pride. [D] [C] So farewell ma-[G]demoi-[C]selle, Knicker-[G]bocker Hotel, Fare-[C]well to money [G]owed. [D] But when your [G]leg still [C]hurts, and you [G]need more [C]shirts, You got to [G]get back [D]on the [G]road. CHORD DIAGRAMS: [F] [Dm] [Bb] [G7] [C] [C] [Bb] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] 133211 xx0231 x13331 353433 x35553 x32110 x13331 [Am] [Gm] [A7] [G] [D] [D7] [C#7] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] [E][A][D][G][B][E] x02210 355333 x02223 355433 x57775 x57575 x46464