Sweet Gene Vincent Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Blue [D]Gene baby

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm][D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Skinny white sailor,
the chances were slender
The beauties were brief
Shall I mourn you decline
with some thunderbird wine
And a black handkerchief?
I miss your sad Virginia [G]whisper
I [D]miss [E]the voice [F#m]that called[E] my heart[A]

[Verse 3]
[G]Sweet [F#m]Gene V[F#]ince[Bm]nt
[G]Young and [D]old [F#m]and go[D]ne[Em]
[A]Sweet [F#m]Gene V[F#]ince[Bm]nt
[F#][Bm][F#]
[D]Who, who, who slapped John?

[Interlude 2]
[D][E][B][E]

[Verse 4]
[E]White face, black shirt
White socks, black shoes
Black hair, white strat
Bled [E]white, died black

[Verse 5]
Sweet [A]gene [E]Vincent
Let the [A]blue cats roll tonight
[E]At [B]the sock h[E]op ball i[A]n the union [E]hall
[A]Where the [E]bop is [B]their delight
[E]Here come

[Verse 6]
duck- tailed [A]Danny
dragging [E]Uncanny Annie
She's the [A]one with the flying [E]feet
[B]You can bre[E]ak the

[Verse 7]
[A]peace
daddy [E]sickle grease
[A]The bea[E]t is ree[B]t comple[E]te
And you jump [A]back honey
in the dungarees
Tight [E]sweater and a pony tail
Will you guess [A]her age when she
comes back stage?
The [F#]hoodlums bite [B]their nails
[F#][E][A]

[Interlude 3]
[E][A][B]
[E]

[Verse 8]
[E]Black gloves, white frost
Black crepe, white lead
White sheet, black knight
[A]Jet black, [B]dead white
[E]Sweet

[Verse 9]
[A]Gene [E]Vincent
There's [A]one in every [E]town
[B]And the dev[E]il dri[A]ves 'till the hea[Em]rse arr[E]ives
[A]And you lay[E] that pis[B]tol dow[E]n

[Verse 10]
[E]Sweet [A]Gene [E]Vincent
There's [A]nowhere left [E]to hide
[B]With laz[E]y ski[A]n and ash[E]- tray eye[A]s
A [E]perforated [B]pride[E]

[Interlude 4]
[B][A][B][A][B]
[E]So farewell mademois

[Verse 11]
[A]elle,
Knicker[Em]bocker [E]Hotel
[A]Farewell to money owed
[E]But [B]when your leg[E] still hurts
[A]and you need [E]more shirts
[A]You got[E] to get bac[B]k on [E]the road