...LULLABY FOR FRANCIS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads -------------------------............................. *from 'Do It Yourself' (1979)* Intro: E F#m D (x3) Verse 1:

Go to ^Asleep now, ^EFrancis; you've done all you can with the ^Aday. Safe and sound now; that's a ^Epromise, you'll be welcome in the milky ^Away.^G#m

Chorus 1:

^F#m Tumble down, tired and true, ^B7spirit to restore; a ^Dbalance is ^Edue. Go to ^Asleep now, ^DFrancis, ^Eclose 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.^G#m

Chorus 2: F#m B7 (n.C) D E Drowsy now; here comes a space, call a halt to the steeple chase.

Go to ^Asleep now, ^DFrancis, ^Eclose 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... ^Dplease do ^Enot dis-^Aturb.

Interlude: A E (x2) A, G#m Chorus 3:

^F#m Tumble down, tired and true, ^B7spirit to restore; a ^Dbalance is ^Edue. Go to ^Asleep now, ^DFrancis, ^Eclose your ^Aeyes.

Coda:

Go to ^Asleep now, ^DFrancis, ^Eclose your ^Aeyes. ^A Go to sleep now, ^DFrancis.^A ^D ^E ^A Go to ^Asleep.^D ^E ^A

Outro: A, D E A, A D, E (Repeat E to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E F#m D A G#m B7 A7 C#7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022100 244222 x57775 577655 466444 x24242 575655 x46464 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Lullaby for francis