It's Late:Shakin' Stevens.
Album - The Bop Won't Stop - 1983.
(Ricky Nelson - #9 in 1959.
#1.
D G D
It's late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D A D
It's late (it's late) we've been gone too long.
D G D
Too bad (too bad)we shoulda checked our time.
D A D
Can't phone (can't phone) we done spent every dime.
#2.
D G D
It's late (it's late) we're about to run outta gas.
D A D
It's late (it's late) we gotta get home fast.
D G D
Can't speed (can't speed) we're in a slow-down zone.
D A D
Baby, look at that clock, why can't it be wrong?
CHORUS:
D G D
If we coulda left home at a quarter to nine..
A D
we woulda had fun and plenty of time.
G D
We got started just a little bit late..
E A
let's hope this won't be our last date.
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#3.
D G D
Look up (look up) is that the moon we see?
D A D
Can't be (can't be) looks like the sun to me.
D G D
It's late (it's late)I hate to face your Dad.
D A D
Too bad (too bad)I know he's gonna be mad.
D G D
It's late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D A D
It's late (it's late)we've been gone too long.
(INTERLUDE:)
#4.
D G D
It's late (it's late) we're about to run outta gas.
D A D
It's late (it's late) we gotta get home fast.
D G D
Can't speed (can't speed) we're in a slow-down zone.
D A D
Baby, look at that clock, why can't it be wrong?
CHORUS:
D G D
If we coulda left home at a quarter to nine..
A D
we woulda had fun and plenty of time.
G D
We got started just a little bit late..
E A
let's hope this won't be our last date.
#5.
D G D
Look up (look up) is that the moon we see?
D A D
Can't be (can't be) looks like the sun to me.
D G D
It's late (it's late)I hate to face your Dad.
D A D
Too bad (too bad)I know he's gonna be mad.
D G D
It's late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D A D
It's late (it's late)we've been gone too long.
OUTRO:
D G D
It's late (it's late) we gotta get on home.
D A D
It's late (it's late)we've been go...ne too long.
D
It's late!!
A fifties/eighties smash from Kraziekhat.
