Al Bowlly's in Heaven chords by Richard Thompson
Verse 1
G#m
Well we were heroes then,
And the girls were all pretty
E#m
And a uniform was a lucky charm,
E
D#
G#m
Bought you the key to the city
We used to dance the
whole night through
E
While Al Bowlly sang "The
A
Very Thought Of You"
G#m
Now Bowlly's in heaven
D#
G#m
and I'm in limbo now
Verse 2
G#m
Well I gave my youth to king
D#m
G#m
and country
But what's my country done for me
E#m
E
D#
But sentenced me to misery
B
F#
C#
D#
I traded my helmet
G#m
and my parachute
E
F#
E
A
For a pair of crutches and a demob suit
G#m
D#
Al Bowlly's in heaven and
G#m
I'm in limbo now
F#
Verse 3
B
C#m
D#m
C#m
Hard times, hard hard times
D#m
E
Hostels and missions and
G#m
dosser's soup lines
B
C#m
Can't close me eyes on
D#m
E
a bench or a bed
G#m
C#m
For the sound of some battle
G#m
raging in my head
Verse 4
G#m
Old friends, you lose so many
You get run around, all over town
E
The wear and the tear,
D#
G#m
Oh it just drives you down
F#
C#
F#
St Mun go's with its
G#m
D#
G#m
dirty old sheets
E
Beats standing all day
A
Down on Scarborough Street
G#m
E#m
G#m
A#m
D#
G#m
Al Bowlly's in heaven and I'm in limbo now
Interlude 1
G#m
E
D#
C#m
B
G#m
E
G#m
A
G#m
C#
G#m
A#
D#
G#m
F#
G#m
E
G#m
C#m
G#m
E
B
E
A
G#m
A#m
D#
G#m
D#
F#
B
C#m
Can't stay here, you
Verse 5
D#m
got to foot-slog
C#m
D#m
E
Once Once in a blue moon
G#m
you might find a job
B
Sleep in the rain,
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D#m
E
you sleep in the snow
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C#m
When the beds are all taken
G#m
You've got nowhere to go
Verse 6
G#m
Well I can see me now,
I'm back there on the dance floor
Oh with a blonde on me arm,
red-head to to spare
E
D#
Spit on my shoes and shine in me hair
G#m
B
G#m
And there's Al
B
Bowlly, he's up on a stand
E
G#m
Oh that was a voice
E
A
and that was a band
G#m
E
Al Bowlly's in heaven and
D#
G#m
D#
I'm in limbo now
Outro 1
G#m
Al Bowlly's in Heaven
Richard Thompson
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