Six O'Clock News Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Wand[G]a ha[D]d [G]a baby[Em]
[C]in nineteen fifty one[D][G]
The father was [Em]a stranger
[C]and a stranger was the[D] son
[C]Call that child James Lew[D]is,
[C]call these rooms a hom[D]e
[G]Changing all them diape[C]rs,
[D]polish all that chr[G]ome[D]
[C]C'mon, bab[D]y, spend the night with me
[G]

[Verse 2]
All around [Em]the school[C]yard
playing all [G]the games
Running, [Em]laughing back and forth
[C]the kid with two first nam[D]es
[C]Stranger in the clo[D]set, loc[C]k the diary
[D]The[G] past is running
[C]faster [D]singing harmony
[G]C'm[C]on, baby,
[D]spend the night with me
[G]

[Verse 3]
"God bless this kit[Em]chen" [C]said
the knick-knack shelf
[G]shelf
"The dinner's almost [Em]ready,
[C]go and wash yourself"
[D]Jim[C]my's growing up now[D]
[C]and Wanda's growing old[D]
[G]The time is growin' shorter,[C]
[D]the nights are long and col[G]d
[C]C'mon, baby,
[D]spend the night with me
[G][Em][G]

[Verse 4]
Sneaking in the [Em]closet and
[C]through the diary
[G]Now, don't you kno[Em]w all
[C]he saw was all there was to [D]see
[C]The whole town saw Jim[D]my
[C]on the six o'clock new[D]s
[G]His brains were on the sidewal[C]k
[D]and blood was on his sho[G]es
[C]C'mon, bab[D]y, spend the night with me[G]
[C]C'mon, bab[D]y, spend the night with me
[G]