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Come on eileen  Dexy's Midnight Runners

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ###discussions welcomed.#Come On Eileen      by Dexy's Midnight Runners


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#and banjo). Transcribed by MH from the 1982 album "Too-Rye-Ay".#* the version released as a single in the UK was preceded# "Oh Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"#*** during instrumental sections, bar divisions are marked | and##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]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]            [Em]              [F]                                                            
Toora-loora-toora-loo-rye-aye

and we can [C]sing just like our [G]fathers
|G C G C |GGC G C |G GGGGGG| (brass section)
[D]Come on Eileen oh, I [F#m]swear (well he means)
at this [Em]moment you mean [G]everyth[A]ing
With [D]you in that dress, my [F#m]thoughts (I confess)
verge 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]            [Em]              [F]                                                            
Toora-loora-toora-loo-rye-aye

Eileen I'll [C]hum this tune for [G]ever
|G C G C |GGC G C |G GGGGGG| (brass section)
[D]Come on Eileen, oh I [F#m]swear (well he means)
Ah come [Em]on let's take off [G]everyt[A]hing
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[F#m]leen (tell him yes)
Ah come [Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Ei[A]leen
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[F#m]leen (tell him yes)
Ah come [Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
[D]Please...
[D] (Come on Eileen too-loo rye-[F#m]aye come on)
                    [G]                                       [D]       [A]                   
(Eileen too-loo rye-aye  toora    toora-too-loora)

Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh Eileen
[D]
Come on Eileen, these things they are real and I know
how you feel       [G]Now I must say more than ever
[D] things round here have [A]changed
[D]              [F#m]               [G]            [D]      [A]                                      
Too-ra loo-ra too-ra loo-rye-aye

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Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland

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