Sweet Gene Vincent

(Spoken) F Blue Gene baby... F, Dm (2x) F Dm Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender, F Dm The beauties were brief. F Dm Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine, F Dm And a black handkerchief? F Bb I miss your sad, Virginia whisper. G7 C Caug I miss the voice, that called my heart. Bb Am Dm Bb Am Gm Sweet Gene Vincent, young and old and gone. C A7 Dm Sweet Gene Vincent. (n.C Who, who, who slapped John? (Faster Tempo) G, D, G G (n.C White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes. Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black. G C G C G D Sweet Gene Vincent, let the blue cats roll to-night; G C G C G D G At the sock hop ball, in the union hall, where the bop is their de-light. G C G Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie, C G D She's the one with the flying feet. G C G C G D G You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease; the beat is reet com-plete. C G G7 And you jump back honey in the dungarees, tight sweater and a pony tail; C Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage? A7 D7 C#7 The hoodlums bite their nails. C, G G7, C D7 G G (n.C Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead. White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white. G C G C G D Sweet Gene Vincent; there's one in every town, G C G C G D G And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives and you lay that pistol down. G C G C G D Sweet Gene Vincent; there's nowhere left to hide. G C G C G D G With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes; a perfo-rated pride. D C (2x) G C G C G D So farewell ma-demoi-selle Knicker-bocker Hotel, fare-well to money owed. G C G C But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts, G D G You got to get back on the road. CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- F Dm Bb G7 C Caug Am EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 133211 xx0231 x13331 353433 3x5553 3x2110 x02210 Gm A7 G D D7 C#7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 355333 x02223 355433 5x7775 5x7575 4x6464