...LULLABY FOR FRANCIS...
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by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'Do It Yourself' (1979)*
Intro:
E F#m D (x3)
Verse 1:
A E
Go to sleep now, Francies,
A
You've done all you can with the day.
Safe and sound now,
E
Safe and sound now; that's a promise,
A Abm
You'll be welcome in the milky way.
Chorus 1:
F#m
Tumble down, tired and true,
B7 D E
Spirit to restore; a balance is due.
A D
Go to sleep now, Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Verse 2:
A E
Hang your thoughts up, shut the index,
A
It's time to impose a cur-few.
E
And you'll get up fresh and ready,
A Abm
With a hundred and one things to do.
Chorus 2:
F#m
Drowsy now; here comes a space,
B7 (n.c) D E
Call a halt to the steeple chase.
A D
Go to sleep, Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Bridge 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/i/ian_dury_and_the_blockheads/lullaby_for_francis_crd.html ]
D
If your life or some old lover,
E A
Cause con-cern,
D E A
Or puzzle, or per-turb.
D
The more you discover;
C#7 F#m
The more you learn.
B7
Go to sleep now...
D E A
Please do not dis-turb.
Interlude:
A E (x2) A, Abm
Chorus 3:
F#m
Tumble down, tired and true,
B7 D E
Spirit to restore; a balance is due.
A D
Go to sleep now, Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Coda:
A D
Go to sleep now, Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
A
Go to sleep now,
D A D E A
Francies.
A D E A
Go to sleep.
Outro:
A, D E A,
A D, E
(Repeat E to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E F#m D A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 244222 xx0232 x02220
Abm B7 A7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
466444 021200 x02223 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
