Al Bowllys In Heaven

												
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 1994 03:27:09 GMT

Al Bowlly's in Heaven
Richard Thompson, from Daring Adventures
Transcribed by phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu

Dm          A7            Dm
We were heroes them, and the girls were all pretty
Dm
And a uniform was a lucky charm
*             A7
Bought you the key to the city
F           F
We used to dance the whole night through
*              br />While Al Bowlly sang, 'The Very Thought of You'
Em            A7           Dm
Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in linow


I gave my youth to King andntry
But what's myntrye me
But sentenced me to misery
I traded my helmet and my parachute
For a pair of crutches and a de-mob suit
Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in linow

F    C      F         C
Hard Times, hard hard times
F           C            F             C
Hostels and missions andser's soup lines
F              C         F          C
Can't close me eyes on a bench or a bed
*                       A7
For the sound of some battle raging in my head

Old friends, You lose so many
You get run around all over town
The wear and the tear of it just drag youn
St Mungo's with its dirty old sheets
Beats standing all dayn on Scarborough Street
Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in linow

Guitar Solo (see below)

Can't stay here, tot slog
Once in a blue moon, you might find a job
Sleep in the rain, sleep in the snow
When the beds are all taken, you've nowehere to Go

I can see me now, back there on the dance-floor
With a blond on me arm, red head to spare
spit on me shoes and shine in me hair
And there's Al Bowlly, up on the stand
That was a voice, and that was a band
Al Bowlly's in Heaven, and I'm in linow

Guitar solo
   Dm           A7
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-|---------------------|----------------------7---|
-|-7-b8-7-b8-7-b8-7-b8-|-7-b8-7-5-h7-p5-4-5-8-----|
-|---------------------|--------------------------|

   Dm                         Dm
-|-----------------------------------|------------------|
-|---------------------------------9-|-9-b10------8-6---|
-|-9b10-9b10-9b10-9b10-9-7h9p7-6-7---|----------------7-|
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  Dm                 Dm             br />|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-6-------------5h6-----5h6-|-6-6-6-5---5-6-8-8b9r8-|-8-6h8p6-----------8-8|
|---7-------6-6-----6-7-----|---------7-------------|---------7-------7----|
|-----7-6-7-----------------|-----------------------|-----------8-7-6------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|

   A7           F            F
-|---------------------|-5-----8-5h8p5-------|-5/-13-10h13p10------------|
-|-5h8p5---------------|---5-----------6-5-4-|----------------10-8-8-8-6-|
-|-------6-------------|-----5---------------|---------------------------|
-|---------7-6-5-5-6-7-|---------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
-|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|

   *         *             Embr />-|---------------------|------8---------|-------------------|
-|-8b9r8-8-6---6-8--r8-6---6---6-8-|-8-6---6-7-8-8-
-|-----------7---------|----------6-----|-----7-------------|
-|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
-|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
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   A7               Dm            Dm     C7      F
-|----------------|--------------|-------------|-1----------|
-|-r8-6---------6-|--------------|-----------5-|-1----------|
-|------7---------|-7------------|-----------3-|-2----------|
-|--------7-6-5---|---5-3-5-3--5-|---------5---|-3----------|
-|----------------|--------------|-5-5-4-3-----|------------|
-|----------------|--------------|-------------|------------|