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Reminisce (Part 1) chords by
Kevin Rowland
Kevin Rowland
Dexys Midnight Runners
Dexys Midnight Runners

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Verse 1
Am

Hey, does anybody remember 82?

Yeah, of course we do. do?

Sure. I mean, can I reminisce?

Sure, go ahead, go on.

You don't mind or anything?

If you want to.
G

Can I get personal? Sure.

Do I mean, it's to offend anybody
Am

or you don't object or anything.

Why should I?

You sure? Come on.

Which one? Okay. One,
G
Am

two. Yeah.
D
G

Am

Let me go back further.
D

Now let me go back further,
G
Am

if I may, yeah, please take it on,
D
G

It was a rainy afternoon,
Am

it was two, maybe three months ago
D

I first started to reminisce,
G

I first started to reflect,
Am
D

you know I was walking by the Thames at the time
G

and I started to think about the
Am

summer of 1980
D

So what I did,

I wrote this down
G

on a piece of lined white paper
Am

While I still felt strong about it
D
G
Am

Here's what I recall
D
G

It was August 1980,

I was searching for the spirit
Am

of Brendan Beale
D
G

in the bars of Dublin. I mean at this point,

you know,
Am

I had a bit of reputation
D
G

as something of a searcher.

I still have for that matter,
Am

but perhaps even more at this point.
D
G

Anyway, I went from one bar to another,
Am

I mean I started off with a couple of friends
D

but after a short while
G

I think they just decided to abandon the search,


well you know how it is,
Am

they probably had other plans
D
G

or something to do with it, I mean me,

I carried on,

you know, I was determined,
Am

I went from one bar to another,
D
G

I went to Branigans,
Am

I went to Flanigans,
D

you know, like in the song, you know,
G

the one about the donkey,
Am

you know, I mean, like, cause,
D

the thing is,

I've got to confess,
G

you know, at this point,

I wasn't feeling on top of the world,
Am
D

you know, frankly, no, no sir.
G

In other words, you weren't exactly

laughing.

mean, I wasn't exactly
Am

walking down the road
D

with a spring in my step.
G

know, happy -go -lucky

wasn't my middle name.
Am

That's not true. I mean,
D

I heard that blind man,

that man with the glasses.
G

I heard him singing.
Am

I didn't like the song,
D

you understand. Oh, right.
G

But I did know what he meant

about the higher ground.
Am

I knew what he meant

about the higher ground.
D

You did. I did, yeah.
G

You understood.

So anyway, I went into this one bar.
Am

I can't remember the name

of it.
D

It doesn't really matter now.
G

But I, you know, by this time I was getting,
Am

I was getting really impatient.
D

So I plucked up the courage
G

to ask somebody,

I noticed a man.
Am

He was probably in his early thirties.
D

was well built.
G

He had ginger hair
Am
D

and a big, fierce, powerful face.
G

He looks like the type you know
Am
D
G

and want.

Excuse me.
Am
D

Do you know where I can find the spirit
G

of Brendan Behan, said I.
Am

Brendan Behan said, yes,
D
G
Am

and I, New York, said he, New York, said I,
D
G

New York, said again quickly, New York?
Am
D

Man, that's 3 ,000 miles to the west.
G

I mean, you're on the wrong
Am

side of the world.
D

So what did you do?
G

Well, what could I do?
Am

I just got out of there.
D

I put my coat on, I got out of there,

G

I walked straight out of there.

And I walked down the road
Am
D
G
Am
D
G

and I started to sing
Am
D
G

Am
D
G

Am
D

G
Am
D

G
Am
D

G
Am
D

G
Am
D

G
Am

D
G

It doesn't matter, don't matter
Am

It doesn't matter,
D
G

it doesn't
Am

Don't matter, don't matter, much lately
D
G
Am
D

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
G
Am
D

It don't matter, it don't, oh, oh, oh
G
G

No, no, no, no, no, no, no
Am

Ha! Ha!
D
G
Am

It don't matter, it don't matter
D
G
Am

It don't matter, it don't matter
D
G

Oh, I, I need y 'all
Am
D

Don't matter
G
Am
D

Don't matter
G
Am
D

G


And then, you know,
Am

there's always one or two
D

things to be learned
G

To be learned from an experience
Am

like this
D
G

I, I, uh

It don't matter,
Am
D
G

It don't matter,

Am

It don't matter,
D
G

Am
D
G

don't matter,
Am
D

It don't matter,
G

It don't matter,
Am

It don't matter, matter,
D

It don't

It don't don't

matter, don't don't

It don't

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