Come on, Eileen (1982)
F - Bb - F - C -
- - + F - C
- F - Bb - Bb - F - C (2x)
C - Em - F - C - G
+ Come on, Eileen !
C - Em - F - C - Em
+ Come on, Eileen !
C Em
1. Poor old Johnny Ray
F C G
sounded
sad upon the radio, moved a million hearts in mono.
C Em F
- C - G
Our mothers cried sang along,
who'd blame them.
C Em
You're grown up, so grown up,
F - C - G
now I
must say more than ever :
Come on, Eileen !
C Em F C G ~
Toora-loora-toora-loo-rye-aye,
and we can sing just like our fathers.
D A
Come on Eileen, oh, I swear (well he means)
Em G A
at this moment you mean
everything.
D A
With you in that dress, my thoughts, I confess,
Em G A
verge on dirty, ah, come on Eileen
! + A ~
C - Em - F - C - Em
+ Come on, Eileen !
C Em
2. These people round here
F
wear
beaten-down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces,
C G
so
resigned to what their fate is.
C Em
But not us (no, never !), not us (no, never ! )
F
- C - G
we
are far too young and clever,
remember !
C Em F C G ~
Toora-loora-toora-loo-rye-aye,
Eileen, I'll hum this tune forever.
D A
Come on, Eileen, oh, I swear (well he means),
Em G A
ah, come on, let's take off
everything.
D A
That pretty red dress, Eileen (tell him yes),
Em G A
ah, come on, let's, ah, come on,
Eileen,
D A
That pretty red dress, Eileen (tell him yes),
Em G A
D
ah, come on, let's, ah, come on,
Eileen, please !
D F#m
+ Come on, Eileen, too-rye-aye,
come on, Eileen,
G
D A
too-rye-aye,
toora-too-loora, oh, Eileen !
D F#m
Come on, Eileen, these things
are real, Eileen, how you feel,
G
- D
A
now I
must say more than ever things round
here have changed,
D F#m G
- D - A
too-ra loo-ra too-ra loo-rye-aye !
D A
Come on Eileen, oh, I swear (well he means)
Em
G A
at this moment you mean
everything.
D A
With you in that dress, my thoughts, I confess,
Em
G A
verge on dirty, ah, come on Eileen
!
+ repeat last CHORUS and
fade …
(Dexy’s
Midnight Runners)