Madame George

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Down on Cyprus Avenue,
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With a childlike vision, leaping 
 G         C
into view.
          D               G
Clicking, clacking of the high 
heeled show;
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 Ford and Fitzroy, Madame George.

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 Marching with the soldier boy 
behind;
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 He's much older now, with hat on, 
drinking wine.
C         D                  G
 And that smell of sweet per-fume 
comes drifting through,
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 The cool night air like 
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Shalimar.


[Verse 2]

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And outside they're making all the 
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stops,
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The kids out in the street, 
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col-lecting bottle tops.
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 Gone for cigarettes and matches in 
the shops;
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 Happy taken, Madame George.
C                G
 That's when you fall, woah, that's 
when you fall,
Yeah, that's when you fall.


[Verse 3]

         G
When you fall into a trance,
C        D          G
 Sitting on a sofa, playing games of
 chance.
C          D               G
 With your folded arms and history 
books, you glance;
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 Into the eyes of Madame George.


[Verse 4]

        G
And you think you found the bag;
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 You're getting weaker and your 
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knees begin to sag.
C       D               G
 In the corner, playing dominoes, in
 drag;
Continúa después del anuncio
C            D            G      
 The one and only, Madame George.
C  D


[Verse 5]

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And then from outside, the frosty 
window raps,
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 She jumps up and says;
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Lord have mercy, I think that it's 
the cops.
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 And i-mmediately, drops 
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everything she gots,
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 Down into the street below.


[Verse 6]

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And you know you gotta go,
C        D                  G
 On that train from Dublin, up to 
Sandy Row.
C         D              G
 Throwing pennies at the bridges 
down below.
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 And the rain, hail, sleet, and 
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snow.
         D             G
Say good-bye to Madame George.
C         D              G
 Dry your eye for Madame George,
C       D              G      C  D
 Wonder why for Madame George.


[Verse 7]

           G
And as you leave, the room is filled
 with music;
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 Laughing, music, dancing music, all
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 around the room.
C                   D
 And all the little boys come 
around,
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Walking a-way from it all,    so 
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cold.

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And as you're a-bout to leave,
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 She jumps up and says; hey love,
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 you for-got your gloves.
C        D
 And the love that loves, the love 
that loves, the love that loves,
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To love, the love, that loves to 
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love.


[Coda]

                         G      C 
To say goodbye to Madame George, 
        D              G
dry your eye for Madame George.
C       D              G      C
 Wonder why for Madame George, 
         D               G
dry your eyes for Madame George.

C         D                      
 Say good-bye in the wind and the
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 rain, on the back street,
C                          D
 In the backstreet, in the back 
street.
Say goodbye, say goodbye to Madame 
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George.
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 In the backstreet, in the back 
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street, in the back street.

C                D            G
 Down home, down home, in the back 
street, gotta go;
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 Say good-bye, goodbye, good-bye.
C         D                      
 Dry your eye, your eye, your 
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eye, your eye, your eye.

C         D             G
 Say good-bye to Madame George,
C        D                       
 And the loves to love, to love, 
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the love.
C         D                      
 Say good-bye, goodbye, goodbye, 
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good-bye,
C     D  G
 Ooh...   mmm...

C         D                      
 Say good-bye, goodbye, goodbye, 
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goodbye to Madame George.
C         D              G      
 Dry your eye for Madame George,
C       D              G
 wonder why for Madame George.
C              D                 
 The love's to love, the love's 
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to love, the love's to love.
C         D         G   C
 Say good-bye, good-bye.
D           G                 C 
 Get on the train, get on the 
         D          G
train, the train, the train.
C            D                  
 This is the train, this is the 
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train.
C               D         G
 Woah, say good-bye, good-bye.
C           D              
 Get on the train, get on the 
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train...