INTRO:
[(F C) (F Bb) (Bb F) (C)] x 2
[(C) (Em) (F) (C G)] x 2
VERSE:
(C) (Em)
poor old johnny ray…
(F) (C) (G)
sounded sad upon the radio…moved a million hearts in mono…
our mothers cried…
sang along…who’d blame them?
you’ve grown…so grown…
now i must say more than ever…
(C) (Em) (F)
toora loora loora loora lay…
(C) (G)
and we can sing just like our fathers…
TRANSITION:
(G C G C) (G G C G C) (G GGGGGGG)
CHORUS:
(D)
come on eileen…
(A)
swear…
(Em)
moment…
(G) (A)
everything…
with you in that dress
my thoughts i confess
verge on dirty
oh come on eileen
INSTRUMENTAL:
(A) x 2
(C) (Em) (F C G)
VERSE:
these people round here
wear beaten-down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces
so resigned to what their fate is…
but not us… no not us…
we are far too young and clever…
toora loora loora loora lay…
eileen, i’ll hum this tune forever…
*TRANSITION*
*REFRAIN*
BRIDGE:
(D)
please…
(half-speed gradually getting faster)
(D)
come on eileen toora
(F#m)
lay come on…eileen toora…
(G)
now you have grown…now you have shown…
(D) (A)
oh…eileen…
come on eileen
these things they are real and i know how you feel…
now i must say more than ever…things around here have changed…
toora loora loora loora lay!
eileen
*REFRAIN*
(fade-out)
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