...SWEET GENE VINCENT... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads ------------------------............................. *from 'New Boots and Panties!' (1977)* Intro: (Spoken):

Blue Gene baby..^F. F, Dm (x2)

^F Skinny white sailor, the ^Dmchances were slender, The ^Fbeauties were brief. ^Dm Shall I ^Fmourn your decline, with some ^DmThunderbird wine, And a black ^Fhankercheif' ^Dm

I miss your ^Fsad, Virginia ^Bbwhisper. G7 C C+ I miss the voice, that called my heart.

^Bb Sweet ^AmGene ^DmVincent, ^Bb Young and ^Amold and ^Gmgone, ^C Sweet ^A7Gene ^DmVincent.

(n.C) Who, who, who slapped John' Interlude: (Faster Tempo): G, D, G Break: G (n.C) White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes. Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black. Verse 1:

^G Sweet ^CGene ^GVincent, Let the ^Cblue cats roll to-^Gnight; ^D At the ^Gsock hop ^Cball, in the ^Gunion ^Chall, Where the ^Gbop is ^Dtheir de-^Glight.

Verse 2:

Here come ^Gduck-tailed ^CDanny, dragging ^GUncanny Annie, She's the ^Cone with the flying ^Gfeet. ^D You can ^Gbreak the ^Cpeace, daddy ^Gsickle ^Cgrease, The ^Gbeat is ^Dreet com-^Gplete.

Bridge 1:

And you ^Cjump back honey in the dungerees, Tight ^Gsweater and a pony ^G7tail; Will you ^Cguess her age, when she comes back stage' The ^A7hoodlums bite their ^D7nails. ^C#7

Solo: C, G G7, C D7 G Break: G (n.C) Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead. White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white. Verse 3:

^G Sweet ^CGene ^GVincent, There's ^Cone in every ^Gtown,^D And the ^GDevil ^Cdrives, 'till the ^Ghearse ar-^Crives, And you ^Glay that ^Dpistol ^Gdown.

Verse 4:

^G Sweet ^CGene ^GVincent, There's ^Cnowhere left to ^Ghide. ^D With ^Glazy ^Cskin and ^Gash-tray ^Ceyes; A ^Gperfo-^Drated ^Gpride.

Solo: D C (x2) Verse 5:

So farewell ma-^Gdemoi-^Cselle, Knicker-^Gbocker Hotel, Fare-^Cwell to money ^Gowed. ^D But when your ^Gleg still ^Churts, and you ^Gneed more ^Cshirts, You got to ^Gget back ^Don the ^Groad.

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Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Sweet gene vincent