• Am
  • Bb
  • Bbm
  • C
  • C7
  • Dm
  • Eb
    3
  • F
  • Gm
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Key:
F - C - Bb - C [Verse 1]
 F                    Am Mister McCann was a practical man,
       Dm           F Curly was his only son,
        Bbm              Dm             Gm      Bb      C7 and he loved him like no other can, bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum
       F                      Am He discovered the world in a wonderful girl
            Dm                  F though he played with more than one
        Bbm              Dm             Gm      Bb      C7 but he loved her like no other can, bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum [Chorus]
F    C              Gm               C7 Oh, Curly, has she let you down and run?
F    C                   Gm      C          F Oh, Curly, where’s your girly? Where’s she gone? [Verse 2]
F                       Am Ran all over the town, till he covered the ground
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      Dm            F every inch of Liverpool
      Bbm           Dm               Gm    Bb     C7 in a way I feel so bad that she let he be made a fool
       F                          Am But remember she’s right, as we freeze in the night,
          Dm                 F when the dawn took years to come
         Bbm             Dm             Gm      Bb      C7 Does he love her like no other can, bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum [Chorus]
F    C              Gm               C7 Oh, Curly, has she let you down and run?
F    C                   Gm      C          F Oh, Curly, where’s your girly? Where’s she gone? [Bridge]
Eb Dm Gm Now curse the day, yes, it really shook you good
Eb                       Dm Gm Just broke away, no, you didn’t feel she would
C You didn’t feel she would [Verse 3]
 F         Am               Dm               F La-da-da, na-na-na-na, desolation tones play on
   Bbm Dm Gm Bb C7 Though it breaks you, Curly, can’t you see what she has gone and done
       F                         Am He discovered the world, such a wonderful girl,
        Dm                  F so he played with more than one,
        Bbm              Dm             Gm      Bb      C7 but he loved her like no other can, bi-dum, bi-dum, bi-dum [Chorus]
F    C              Gm               C7 Oh, Curly, has she let you down and run?
F    C                   Gm      C          F Oh, Curly, where’s your girly? Where’s she gone? [Coda]
F    C                  Dm                F Oh, Curly, where’s she gone?  You didn’t feel she would
F    C                  Dm                F Oh, Curly, where’s she gone?  You didn’t feel she would
          Bb           Eb           F Feel she could, na-na-na-na, na-na-na
Song details

Composition: Roy Wood

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