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Capo on 4th fret
[Intro]
 
Lovely girl won't you stay, won't you stay, stay with me
 
All my life I was blind, I was blind, now I see
Lo[C]Lovely girl w[F]won't you [C]stay, [F]won't you [C]stay, [G]stay with [C]me
Al[C]All my life [F]I was [C]blind, [F]I was [C]blind, [G]now I [C]see
 
 
[Verse]
[C]Fleet of black, fleet of black limousine[G]limousines
These tinted machines[F]machines, here comes the cavalcade[C]cavalcade
With the armored cars, armored cars like berettas[G]berettas
Flags on antennaes[F]antennaes designed to keep me [C]safe, keep me [G]safe
 
 
[Chorus]
[C]And oh my my [G]oh hey hey[C]hey
[F]Here he [C]comes, the [G]candida[C]candidate
[C]Blue eyed boy, [G]united states[C]states
[F]Vote for [C]him, the [G]candidat[C]candidate
 
 
[Verse]
[C]Diamonds cut, diamonds cut for the carrot[G]carrots
Plaster of paris[F]paris, the floats fill up the street[C]street
And the beauty queens, beauty queens with the white gloves[G]gloves
All sick from the night clubs[F]
, they wave with pa[C]geantry, page[G]antry
 
 
[Chorus]
[C]Oh my my [G]oh hey hey[C]hey
[F]Here it [C]comes, the [G]big para[C]parade
[C]Marching bands [G]and barrica[C]barricades
[F]Make way,[C]way, for the [G]big para[C]parade
 
 
[Bridge]
[C] [G] [F]
[Verse]
[C]Canvas covered, canvas covered in resi[G]resin
The violent men[F]men who dance the blood ballet[C]ballet
And the bookies say, bookies say it's the 3rd round [G]
Oh when louie will go down,[F] if he don't
there's h[C]ell to pay, and hell to r[G]aise
 
 
[Chorus]
[C]And oh my my [G]oh hey hey[C]hey
[F]Here he [C]comes, the [G]welterwei[C]welterweight
[C]Take a dive, [G]for goodness [C]sake
[F]Or say goodby[C]goodbye to the [G]welterwei[C]welterweight
 
 
[Verse]
[C]Catholic priest, catholic priest in a crisi[G]crisis
He's torn between romance and [F]jesus, who will win the civil war[C]war
And he says I'm in [G]love, I'm in love with a woman
Yea this is my confession[F], I'm
leaving I can't a p[C]riest anymore, anymo[G]re
 
 
[Chorus]
[C]And oh my my [G]oh hey hey[C]hey
[F]There he [C]goes, the [G]man of [C]faith
[C]Left the ch[G]church for a f[C]fiance
[F]Let him [C]love, the [G]man of [C]faith
 
 
[Bridge]
[C] [G] [F]
[Verse]
[C]T.v. cameras, t.v. cameras and stage hand[G]hands
American bandstand[F]bandstand, electric guitars[C]guitars
And he's singin [G]songs, singin songs for the lonely
All the girls with the room key[F]keys, they know
all his words by [C]heart, by heart[G]heart and they all sing
 
 
[Interlude]
Lo[C]Lovely girl w[F]won't you [C]stay, [F]won't you [C]stay, [G]stay with [C]me
Al[C]All my life [F]I was [C]blind, [F]I was [C]blind, [G]now I [C]see
Lo[C]Lovely girl w[F]won't you [C]stay, [F]won't you [C]stay, [G]stay with [C]me
Al[C]All my life [F]I was [C]blind, [F]I was [C]blind, [G]now I [C]see
Lo[C]Lovely girl w[F]won't you [C]stay, o[C]h o[G]h o[F]hoh
 
 
[Chorus]
[C]Oh my my [G]oh hey hey[C]hey
[F]Here she [C]comes by [G]saving [C]grace
[C]Burn the [G]car and [C]save the plates
[F]She's a[C]arrived, my [G]saving [C]grace
 
 

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