Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
G
C
Strolling so happy
down Bethnal Green,
F
C
G
This gale you might have seen,
C
G
C
Tompkins and I with his girl between.
G
C
Oh, what a surprise!
G
C
Tompkins got angry so speedily,
F
Em
C
Em
G
All in a moment he handed to me
C
D
G
two lovely black eyes.
C
G
C
Two lovely black eyes!
F
C
Oh, what a surprise!
F
C
G
C
Only for telling a man
F
C
Em
he was wrong,
A
D
G
C
Two lovely black eyes.
G
Bm
G
C
Next time I argued, I thought it best
F
C
To give the conservative
D
G
side a rest.
I freely pressed
G
C
When, oh, what a surprise,
F
C
The chap I had met was a Tory true,
G
C
Nothing the Liberals' right could do,
Em
C
argument too,
D
G
Two lovely black eyes.
C
G
C
Two lovely black eyes,
F
C
Oh, what a surprise,
F
G
F
Em
Only for telling a man he was wrong,
A
D
G
C
Ab
Db
Two lovely black eyes.
Ab
Db
The moral you've caught,
I can hardly doubt,
F#
Db
Ab
Nev er on politics rave and shout,
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Db
If you would be wise.
F#
Fm
Db
Better, far better it is to let Liber
Fm
Ab
Db
als and Tories alone, you bet
Db
Fm
Db
anxious to get
Eb
A
Ab
Two lovely black eyes
Db
Ab
Db
Two lovely black eyes
F#
Db
Oh, what a surprise
F#
Fm
Eb
Fm
Only for telling a man he was wrong
Bb
Eb
Aaug
Db
to Lovely Black Eyes
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