Biography:
Ian Dury and the Blockheads were one of the most popular groups of the New Wave era in the U.K. in the 70s and early 80s. Their eclectic sound was drawn from their many musical influences; these included funk, jazz, rock and roll, soul, and reggae, not to mention leader Ian Dury's love of music hall. Dury's lyrics were a unique combination of lyrical poetry, word play, acute observation of British everyday life, and scatalogical humour. As the Blockheads, the band continued to play after Dury's untimely death in 2000.
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Other songs:
- Billericay Dickie
- Blackmail Man
- Blockheads
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
- Im Partial To Your Abracadabra
- Itinerant Child
- Lullaby For Francis
- My Old Man
- Profoundly In Love With Pandora
- Sweet Gene Vincent
- There Aint Half Been Some Clever Bastards
- Uncoolohol
- Wake Up And Make Love With Me
- What A Waste
- Youre More Than Fair
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...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 ([email protected])
-------------------------.............................
*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:
---------------
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 ([email protected])
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