Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Lullaby for francis
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...LULLABY FOR FRANCIS...
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by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'Do It Yourself' (1979)*
Intro:
E F#m D (x3)
Verse 1:
Go to Asleep now, EFrancies,
You've done all you can with the Aday.
Safe and sound now,
Safe and sound now; that's a Epromise,
You'll be welcome in the milky Away. Abm
Chorus 1:
F#m Tumble down, tired and true,
B7 Spirit to restore; a Dbalance is Edue.
Go to Asleep now, DFrancies,
E Close your Aeyes.
Verse 2:
A Hang your thoughts up, shut the Eindex,
It's time to impose a cur-Afew.
And you'll get up fresh and Eready,
With a hundred and one things to Ado. Abm
Chorus 2:
F#m Drowsy now; here comes a space,
B7 (n.C) D E
Call a halt to the steeple chase.
Go to Asleep, DFrancies,
E Close your Aeyes.
Bridge 1:
If your Dlife or some old lover,
E Cause con-Acern,
Or Dpuzzle, Eor per-Aturb.
The Dmore you discover;
The C#7more you F#mlearn.
Go to B7sleep now...
D Please do Enot dis-Aturb.
Interlude:
A E (x2) A, Abm
Chorus 3:
F#m Tumble down, tired and true,
B7 Spirit to restore; a Dbalance is Edue.
Go to Asleep now, DFrancies,
E Close your Aeyes.
Coda:
Go to Asleep now, DFrancies,
E Close your Aeyes.
A Go to sleep now,
D Francies. A D E A
Go to Asleep. D E A
Outro:
A, D E A,
A D, E
(Repeat E to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E F#m D A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 244222 xx0232 x02220
Abm B7 A7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
466444 021200 x02223 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)