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

N/A•

Key: D minor•

Verse 1

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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.

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Can I get personal? Sure.

Do I mean, it's to offend anybody

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or you don't ob_ ject or anything.

Why should I?

You sure? Come on.

Which one? Okay. One,

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two. Yeah.

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C

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Let me go back further.

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Now let me go back further,

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if I may, yeah, please take it on,

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C

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It was a rainy afternoon,

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it was two, maybe three months ago

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I first star_ ted to reminisce,

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I first started to reflect,

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you know I was walking by the Thames at the time

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and I started to think about the

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summer of 1980

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So what I did,

I wrote this down

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on a piece of lined white paper

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While I still felt strong about it

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C

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Here's what I recall

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C

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It was Au_ gust 1980,

I was searching for the spirit

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of Brendan Beale

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

you know,

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I had a bit of reputation

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as something of a searcher.

I still have for that matter,

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but per_ haps even more at this point.

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C

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Anyway, I went from one bar to another,

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I mean I started off with a couple of friends

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but after a short while

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I think they just decided to abandon the search,

well you know how it is,

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they probably had other plans

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C

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or something to do with it, I mean me,

I carried on,

you know, I was determined,

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I went from one bar to another,

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C

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I went to Branigans,

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I went to Flanigans,

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you know, like in the song, you know,

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the one about the don_ key,

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you know, I mean, like, cause,

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the thing is,

I've got to confess,

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you know, at this point,

I wasn't feeling on top of the world,

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you know, frankly, no, no sir.

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In other words, you weren't exactly

laughing.

mean, I wasn't exactly

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walking down the road

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with a spring in my step.

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know, happy -go -lucky

wasn't my middle name.

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That's not true. I mean,

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I heard that blind man,

that man with the glasses.

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I heard him singing.

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I didn't like the song,

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you understand. Oh, right.

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But I did know what he meant

about the higher ground.

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I knew what he meant

about the higher ground.

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You did. I did, yeah.

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You understood.

So anyway, I went into this one bar.

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I can't remember the name

of it.

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It doesn't really matter now.

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

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I was getting really impatient.

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So I plucked up the courage

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to ask somebody,

I noticed a man.

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He was prob_ ably in his early thirties.

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was well built.

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He had ginger hair

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and a big, fierce, powerful face.

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He looks like the type you know

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G

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C

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and want.

Excuse me.

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G

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Do you know where I can find the spir_ it

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of Brendan Behan, said I.

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Brendan Behan said, yes,

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C

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and I, New York, said he, New York, said I,

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C

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New York, said again quickly, New York?

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G

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

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I mean, you're on the wrong

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side of the world.

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So what did you do?

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Well, what could I do?

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I just got out of there.

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

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I walked straight out of there.

And I walked down the road

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G

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C

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G

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C

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and I started to sing

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C

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C

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C

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C

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C

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It does_ n't matter, don't matter

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It doesn't matter,

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it does_ n't

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Don't matter, don't matter, much lately

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C

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

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

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No, no, no, no, no, no, no

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Ha! Ha!

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C

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It don't matter, it don't matter

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C

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It don't matter, it don't matter

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C

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Oh, I, I need y 'all

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Don't matter

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Don't matter

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And then, you know,

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there's always one or two

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things to be learned

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To be learned from an experience

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like this

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I, I, uh

It don't matter,

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C

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It don't matter,

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It don't matter,

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C

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G

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C

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don't matter,

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It don't matter,

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It don't matter,

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It don't matter, matter,

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It don't

It don't don't

matter, don't don't

It don't

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