Al Bowlly's in Heaven Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Well we were heroes then,
And the girls were all pretty
And a uniform was a lucky [F#m]charm,
[F]Bought you [E]the key [Am]to the city
We used to dance the
whole night through
While Al [F]Bowlly sang "The
[Bb]Very Thought Of You"
[Am]Now Bowlly's in heaven
[E]and I'm in [Am]limbo now

[Verse 2]
[Am]Well I gave my youth to king
and [Em]country[Am]
But what's my country done for me
[F#m]But senten[F]ced me to misery[E]
[C]I t[G]raded my hel[D]met[E]
[Am]and my parachute
For a [F]pair of [G]crutches [F]and[Bb] a demob suit
Al [Am]Bowlly's in heaven [E]and
I'm in [Am]limbo now
[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]
[Dm]Hard times, [Em]hard hard [Dm]times
[Em]Hostels and mis[F]sions and
[Am]dosser's soup lines
[C]Can't close me eye[Dm]s on
a [Em]bench or [F]a bed
For the [Am]sound of some [Dm]battle
raging [Am]in my head

[Verse 4]
Old [Am]friends, you lose so many
You get run around, all over town
[F]The wear and the tear,
Oh it [E]just drives you [Am]down
[G]St Mun[D]go'[G]s with its
[Am]dirty old [E]sheet[Am]s
Beats [F]standing all day
Down on [Bb]Scarborough Street
[Am]Al B[F#m]owlly's in heave[Am]n and[Bm] I'm [E]in limbo n[Am]ow

[Interlude 1]
[Am][F][E][Dm][C]
[Am][F][Am][Bb][Am]
[D][Am][B][E][Am]
[G][Am]
[F][Am]
[Dm][Am][F][C][F][Bb][Am]
[Bm][E][Am][E][G]
[C]
Can't stay [Dm]here, you

[Verse 5]
[Em]got to foot-slog
[Dm]Once [Em]Once in a blue [F]moon
you [Am]might find a job
[C]Sleep in the rain,
[Dm]you slee[Em]p in the s[F]now
When the [Am]beds are all [Dm]taken
You've got [Am]nowhere to go

[Verse 6]
Well I can see [Am]me now,
I'm back there on the dance floor
Oh with a blonde on me arm,
red-head to to spare
[F]Spit on my shoes and shine in me [E]hair
[Am]And there's Al[C][Am]
Bowlly, he's up [C]on a stand
Oh [F]that was a [Am]voice
and that was [F]a band[Bb]
[Am]Al Bowlly's in heave[F]n and
[E]I'm in [Am]limbo [E]now

[Outro 1]
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