Lullaby For Francis Cifras

...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          E                                         A
Go to sleep now, Francis; you've done all you can with the day.
                             E                                       A   G#m
Safe and sound now; that's a promise, you'll be welcome in the milky way.
 
Chorus 1:
 
F#m                           B7                   D          E
 Tumble down, tired and true, spirit to restore; a balance is due.
      A          D        E          A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
 
Verse 2:
 
A                                E                                A
 Hang your thoughts up, shut the index, it's time to impose a cur-few.
                            E                                       A  G#m
And you'll get up fresh and ready, with a hundred and one things to do.
 
Chorus 2:
 
F#m                             B7 (n.C)            D       E
 Drowsy now; here comes a space, call a halt to the steeple chase.
      A          D        E          A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
 
Bridge 1:
 
        D                       E          A        D       E      A
If your life, or some old lover, cause con-cern, or puzzle, or per-turb.
    D                      C#7      F#m
The more you discover; the more you learn.
      B7           D         E       A
Go to sleep now... please do not dis-turb.
 
Interlude:
 
A  E (x2) A, G#m
 
Chorus 3:
 
F#m                           B7                   D          E
 Tumble down, tired and true, spirit to restore; a balance is due.
      A          D        E          A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
 
Coda:
 
      A          D        E          A
Go to sleep now, Francis, close your eyes.
 
A                 D       A  D  E  A
 Go to sleep now, Francis.
      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       G#m     B7      A7     C#7
 
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  244222  x57775  577655  466444  x24242  575655  x46464
 
 
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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