Geno

												
heliocentric@breathe(точка)com
2nd December 2000, 5.11pm
Shaun Band, 16, Birmingham

GenO
(Rowland, Archer)

From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (Parlophone, 1980)

Chords used:

C#:  9-11-11-10-99
B:   799877
F#m: 244222
A:   577655
F#:  244322
E:   022100

N.C.(crowd chanting and horns)

C# B (x4)

C#                 B               C#         B
Back in sixty, the weight of his work at de club (oh Geno)
    C#              B              C#     B
??? Jimmy's my scene and the rocksteady rub    (oh Geno)
     B                F#m
On a night when flowers didn't suit my tune,
        B           F#m
After a week of longing, I'm back in school,
  B                 F#m
Geno is heading the crowd that night
         B                     F#m
A-just a-?????? his ??????? and keeping out of the fights.

A        E            B           F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A          E                B                F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A            E          B               F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A          E           B             F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.

C#

C# B (x2)

C#                B                C#         B
That man took the stage, his towel swinging high (oh Geno)
C#              B            C#             B
This man was my bombers, my dexys, my highs      (oh Geno)
        B                     F#m
Oh, the crowd they all hailed you, and chanted your name,
               B                 F#m
But they never knew, like we knew, me and you were the same,
    B                F#m
And now you're all over, your sound is so tame,
       B                       F#m
Brrrrrri, you fed me and plainly I'll remember your name,

A        E            B           F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A          E                B                F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A            E          B               F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A          E                B                 F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.

A B F# E (x2) A B C#
(Instrumental)

C#

     B    C#
Oh Geno,
     B
Woah Geno

(repeat to fade)