Joe Meek's Blues Lyrics - Graham Parker

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G 

My head was swimming in a bangkok joint 

Em 

You got paint on your coat like an arrow point 

D 

I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow 

C am d 

Fired into the night deep and slow to where I'll never know 

The hotel was dark as we made our arrival 

Waiting breathlessly for the joe meek revival 

But it didn't stand any chance of survival 

You know joe had an american rival 

Poor old joe, poor old joe 

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Em g 

It takes a leap of faith, 

Am am7 

To pull the trigger on the world you're accustomed to 

Am am7 

You might as well take out the landlady too 

C 

It's only a small thing to choose 

Em c am em c am d 

Chorus just like joe meek's blues, just like joe meek's blues 

It's a twisted world so let's twist again 

There's a bass drum sound going round in my brain 

A cat communicates with an artichoke 

Lord sutch delivers a homophobe joke 

Heinz gets his nose chewed again 

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So you turned up in leon with very little luggage 

Started talking in a foreign language 

I tied two beds together with a strap from my bag 

Everyone was dressed in white 

But you were dressed in black 

Dressed in black again 

Pull the trigger on the world you're accustomed to 

You might as well save a bullet for me too a footnote in tomorrow's news 

Chorus repeat twice then f d f d 

Back in london and it didn't even rain 

The joe meek revival was happening again 

But the clocks went forward and the revival got choked 

British summertime came like a cruel joke 

You went back dressed in black 

It takes a leap of faith 

To really go for something right out of the blue 

Sure we might have torn each other's hair out by the roots 

And recorded it on two track tape 

Chorus repeat three times with variations end on ooh 

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