...LULLABY FOR FRANCIS... by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
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*from 'Do It Yourself' (1979)*
Intro:
E F#m D (x3)
Verse 1:
A
Go to sleep now,
E
Francies,
You've done all you can,
A
With the day.
Safe and sound now,
E
That's a promise,
You'll be welcome,
A Abm
In the milky way.
Chorus 1:
F#m
Tumble down,
Tired and true,
B7
Spirit to restore,
D E
A balance is due,
A
Go to sleep now,
D
Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Verse 2:
A
Hang your thoughts up,
E
Shut the index,
A
It's time to impose a curfew.
And you'll get up,
E
Fresh and ready,
With a hundred and one,
A Abm
Things to do.
Chorus 2:
F#m
Drowsy now,
Here comes a space,
B7 (n.c)
Call a halt,
D E
To the steeple chase,
A
Go to sleep,
D
Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Bridge 1:
D
If your life,
Or some old lover,
E A
Cause con—cern,
D E A A7
Or puzzle, or per—turb,
D
The more you discover,
C#7 F#m
The more you learn.
B7
Go to sleep now,
D E A
Please do not dis—turb.
Interlude:
A E (x2)
A, Abm
Chorus 3:
F#m
Tumble down,
Tired and true,
B7
Spirit to restore,
D E
A balance is due,
A
Go to sleep now,
D
Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Coda:
A
Go to sleep now,
D
Francies,
E A
Close your eyes.
Go to sleep now,
D A D E A
Francies.
A D E A
Go to sleep.
Outro:
A, D E A,
A D, E
(Repeat E to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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E F#m D A Abm B7 A7 C#7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022100 244222 xx0232 x02220 466444 021200 x02223 x46464
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)