Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno

^C#Back in sixty-^Beight in a sweaty ^C#club (oh ^BGeno) Before ^C#Jimmy's machine and the ^Brocksteady rub^C# (oh ^BGeno) On a ^Bnight when flowers didn't ^F#msuit my shoes After a ^Bweek of flunkin' and ^F#mbunkin' school The ^Blowest head in the ^F#mcrowd that night Just^B practicin' steps and keepin' ^F#mout of the fights

^A Academic ^Einspiration^B you gave me ^F#none ^A You were Mi^Echael the lover^B the fighter that ^F#won ^A And now just ^Elook at me as I'm a-^Blooking down on ^F#you ^A No I'm not ^Ebeing flash it's^B what I'm built to ^F#do

^C#That man took the ^Bstage his towel swinging ^C#high (oh Ge^Bno) ^C#This man was my ^Bbombers, my dexys, my ^C#highs (oh ^BGeno) And the ^Bcrowd they all hailed you and ^F#mchanted your name But they never ^Bknew like we knew me and ^F#myou we're the same And ^Bnow your all over your ^F#msong is so tame Brrr^Br you fed me your bread and I'll re^F#mmember your name

^A Academic ^Einspiration^B you gave me ^F#none ^A You were Mi^Echael the lover^B the fighter that ^F#won ^A And now just ^Elook at me as I'm a-^Blooking down on ^F#you ^A No I'm not ^Ebeing flash it's^B what I'm built to ^F#do

^C# Oh Ge^Bno ^C# Oh ^BGeno (rpt. til fade)