Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Poor old Johnn
y Ray
Sounded sad up
on the radio m
oved a million
hearts in mon
o
Our mothers c
ried
Sang along, wh
o'd blame them
You're grown (
you're grown u
p), so grown (
so grown up)
Now I must say
more than eve
r (
come on Eileen
)
Toora-loora-to
ora-loo-rye-ay
e
and we can sin
g just like ou
r fathers
[Fill]
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[Chorus]
Come on Eileen
oh, I swear (
well he means)
at this moment
you mean ever
ything
With you in th
at dress, my t
houghts (I con
fess)
verge on dirty
, ah come on E
ileen
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
These people r
ound here
wear beaten-do
wn eyes sunk i
n smoke-dried
faces,
so resigned to
what their fa
te is
but not us (no
never) no not
us (no never)
we are far too
young and cle
ver
(remember)
Toora-loora-to
ora-loo-rye-ay
e
Eileen, I'll h
um this tune f
orever
[Fill]
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[Chorus]
Come on, Eilee
n, oh I swear
(well he means
)
Ah come on, le
t's take off e
verything
That pretty re
d dress, Eilee
n (tell him ye
s)
Ah, come on, l
et's, ah, come
on, Eileen
That pretty re
d dress, Eilee
n (tell him ye
s)
Ah, come on, l
et's, ah, come
on, Eileen
Please...
(half-speed, getting gradually faster)
[Chorus]
(Come on, Eil
een, too-loo r
ye-aye, come o
n)
(Eileen, too-l
oo rye-aye, to
ora, toora-too
-loora)
Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh, Eileen
(Come
on, Eileen, to
o-loo rye-aye,
come on)
Come on, Eileen, these things they are real, and I know
(Eileen, too-l
oo rye-aye, to
ora, toora-too
-loora)
how you feel Now I must say more than ever, things round here have changed
(Come on, Eil
een, too-loo r
ye-aye, come o
n) (Eileen, t
oo-loo rye-aye
, toora, toora
-too-loora)
Too-ra loo-ra too-ra loo-rye-aye
[Chorus]
Come on Eileen
oh, I swear (
well he means)
at this moment
you mean ever
ything
With you in th
at dress, my t
houghts (I con
fess)
verge on dirty
, ah come on E
ileen
(fading out)