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Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners
First 16 bars are instrumental:
|F C |F Bb |Bb F |C | x2 (fiddle)
|C |Em |F |C G | x2 (fiddle and banjo)
[C]Poor old Johnny R[Em]ay
Sounded [F]sad upon the radio moved a [C]million hearts in [G]mono
[C] Our mothers cried
[F]Sang along, [F]who'd blame them[C] [G]
[C]You're grown (you're grown up), [Em]so grown (so grown up)
[F]Now I must say more than ever [C] [G] (come on Eileen)
[C]Toora-loora-[Em]toora-loo-rye-[F]aye
and we can [C]sing just like our [G]fathers
Chorus
[D]Come on Eileen oh, I [Fat tbis Em]moment you mean [G]everyth[A]ing
With [D]you in that dress, my [Fverge on Em]dirty, Ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
|A |A | (banjo)
|C |Em |F |C G | (fiddle and banjo)
[C]These people round [Em]here
wear beaten-[F]down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces,
so res[C]igned to what their f[G]ate is
but [C]not us (no never) no [Em]not us (no never)
[F]we are far too young and clever [C] [G] remember
[C]Toora-loora-[Em]toora-loo-rye-[F]aye
Eileen I'll [C]hum this tune for [G]ever
[D]Come on Eileen, oh I [FAb come Em]on let's take off [G]everyt[A]hing
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[FAb come Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Ei[A]leen
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[FAb come Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
[D]Please...
Half-speed, getting gradually faster
[D] (Come on Eileen too-loo rye-[FBacking vocals sing "Eileen too-loo rye-ay toora toora-too-loora" repeatedly
[G]Now you have grown, now you have shown,[D] oh Eil[A]een
[D]Come on Eileen, these things they are [Fhow you feel &inlc; [G]Now I must say more than ever
[D] things round here have [A]changed
[D]Too-ra loo-ra [F
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