Madeleine
[intro]
D D D D
[verse]
D
Tell me quickly, tell me slow, say the words I need to know,
G D
I just want to hear it one more time,
G D
I just want to hear it one more time,
A G D
Tell me Madeleine can still be mine.
[verse]
D
Now I was down in Mexico, met a girl I used to know,
G D
Didn't know that she could look so fine,
G D
Didn't know that she could look so fine,
A G D
Never looked like that when she was mine.
[Instrumental]
Em G D
Em G A
Em G D
[verse]
D
Winter time in '64 and I was in trouble broke the law,
G D
Judge he found me guilty gave me time,
G D
Judge he found me guilty gave me time,
A G D
That's when I first set eyes on Madeleine.
[verse]
D
Now normally I'd walk on by, but something caught me in the eye,
G D
Shining like a diamond in the dirt,
G D
Shining like a diamond in the dirt,
A G D
When she goes I know it's gonna hurt.
[refrain]
Bm G D
I don't know why I feel this way,
Bm G A G F#m Em
I'll love her 'til my dying day and they will never come between us.
[verse]
D
She was in the prison yard lookin' mean and working hard,
G D
We started talking started having fun,
G D
We started talking started having fun,
A G D
She never made me feel like I should run.
[verse]
D
And now the time was shooting by, me and Madeleine were fine,
G D
Prison life was nurturing my soul,
G D
Prison life was nurturing my soul,
A G D
Pretty soon and I was on Parole.
[Instrumental]
Em G D Em G A Em G D
[verse]
D
When I was on the other side and Madeleine was on my mind,
G D
Playing hard to get like she had won,
G D
Playing hard to get like she had won,
That's when I knew that me and her was done.
[verse]
D
So tell me quickly, tell me slow, say the words I need to know,
G D
I just want to hear it one more time,
G D
I just want to hear it one more time,
A G D
Tell me Madeleine can still be mine.
A G D
Tell me Madeleine can still be mine.
A G D
Tell me Madeleine can still be mine.
Link to video performance https://youtu.be/wKgaWy5pwmQ