Remove Ads2nd December 2000, 5.11pm
Shaun Band, 16, Birmingham
GenO
(Rowland, Archer)
From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (Parlophone, 1980)
Chords used:
C#: 9-11-11-10-99
B: 799877
F#m: 244222
A: 577655
F#: 244322
E: 022100
N.C.(crowd chanting and horns)
C# B (x4)
C# B C# BBack in sixty, the weight of his work at de club (oh Geno)
C# B C# B??? Jimmy's my scene and the rocksteady rub (oh Geno)
B F#mOn a night when flowers didn't suit my tune,
B F#mAfter a week of longing, I'm back in school,
B F#mGeno is heading the crowd that night
B F#m
A-just a-?????? his ??????? and keeping out of the fights.
A E B F#Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A E B F#You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A E B F#But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A E B F#No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
C#
C# B (x2)
C# B C# BThat man took the stage, his towel swinging high (oh Geno)
C# B C# BThis man was my bombers, my dexys, my highs (oh Geno)
B F#mOh, the crowd they all hailed you, and chanted your name,
B F#mBut they never knew, like we knew, me and you were the same,
B F#mAnd now you're all over, your sound is so tame,
B F#mBrrrrrri, you fed me and plainly I'll remember your name,
A E B F#Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A E B F#You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A E B F#But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A E B F#No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
A B F# E (x2) A B C#
(Instrumental)
C#
B C#Oh Geno,
BWoah Geno
(repeat to fade)
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