Someone recently requested this so here's my version. Suggestions or
discussions welcomed.
Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
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Actually written by Rowland, Patterson and Adams (voice, trombone
and banjo). Transcribed by MH from the 1982 album "Too-Rye-Ay".
the version released as a single in the UK was preceded
by a few bars(measures) of a fiddle playing a traditional tune,
"Oh Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"
round brackets () denote BV (backing vocals)
during instrumental sections, bar divisions are marked and
the main instrument is indicated in square brackets.
First 16 bars are instrumental:
F C F Bb Bb F C x2 [fiddle]
C Em F C G x2 [fiddle and banjo]
[C]Poor old Johnny R[Em]ay
Sounded [F]sad upon the radio moved a [C]million hearts in [G]mono
[C] Our mothers cried
[F]Sang along, [F]who'd blame them[C][G]
[C]You're grown (you're grown up), [Em]so grown (so grown up)
[F]Now I must say more than ever [C] [G] (come on Eileen)
[C]Toora-loora-[Em]toora-loo-rye-[F]aye
and we can [C]sing just like our [G]fathers
G C G C GGC G C G GGGGGG [brass section]
[D]Come on Eileen oh, I [F#m]swear (well he means)
at this [Em]moment you mean [G]everyth[A]ing
With [D]you in that dress, my [F#m]thoughts (I confess)
verge on [Em]dirty, Ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
A A [banjo]
C Em F C G [fiddle and banjo]
[C]These people round [Em]here
wear beaten-[F]down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces,
so res[C]igned to what their f[G]ate is
but [C]not us (no never) no [Em]not us (no never)
[F]we are far too young and clever [C] [G] remember
[C]Toora-loora-[Em]toora-loo-rye-[F]aye
Eileen I'll [C]hum this tune for [G]ever
G C G C GGC G C G GGGGGG [brass section]
[D]Come on Eileen, oh I [F#m]swear (well he means)
Ah come [Em]on let's take off [G]everyt[A]hing
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[F#m]leen (tell him yes)
Ah come [Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Ei[A]leen
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[F#m]leen (tell him yes)
Ah come [Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
[D]Please...
[D] (Come on Eileen too-loo rye-[F#m]aye come on)
(Eileen too-loo rye-[G]aye toora toora-too-loora)[D][A]
Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh Eileen
[D] [F#m]
Come on Eileen, these things they are real and I know
how you feel [G]Now I must say more than ever
[D] things round here have [A]changed
[D]Too-ra loo-ra [F#m]too-ra loo-rye-[G]aye[D][A]
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Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland
discussions welcomed.
Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
-------------- --------------------------
Actually written by Rowland, Patterson and Adams (voice, trombone
and banjo). Transcribed by MH from the 1982 album "Too-Rye-Ay".
the version released as a single in the UK was preceded
by a few bars(measures) of a fiddle playing a traditional tune,
"Oh Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms"
round brackets () denote BV (backing vocals)
during instrumental sections, bar divisions are marked and
the main instrument is indicated in square brackets.
First 16 bars are instrumental:
F C F Bb Bb F C x2 [fiddle]
C Em F C G x2 [fiddle and banjo]
[C]Poor old Johnny R[Em]ay
Sounded [F]sad upon the radio moved a [C]million hearts in [G]mono
[C] Our mothers cried
[F]Sang along, [F]who'd blame them[C][G]
[C]You're grown (you're grown up), [Em]so grown (so grown up)
[F]Now I must say more than ever [C] [G] (come on Eileen)
[C]Toora-loora-[Em]toora-loo-rye-[F]aye
and we can [C]sing just like our [G]fathers
G C G C GGC G C G GGGGGG [brass section]
[D]Come on Eileen oh, I [F#m]swear (well he means)
at this [Em]moment you mean [G]everyth[A]ing
With [D]you in that dress, my [F#m]thoughts (I confess)
verge on [Em]dirty, Ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
A A [banjo]
C Em F C G [fiddle and banjo]
[C]These people round [Em]here
wear beaten-[F]down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces,
so res[C]igned to what their f[G]ate is
but [C]not us (no never) no [Em]not us (no never)
[F]we are far too young and clever [C] [G] remember
[C]Toora-loora-[Em]toora-loo-rye-[F]aye
Eileen I'll [C]hum this tune for [G]ever
G C G C GGC G C G GGGGGG [brass section]
[D]Come on Eileen, oh I [F#m]swear (well he means)
Ah come [Em]on let's take off [G]everyt[A]hing
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[F#m]leen (tell him yes)
Ah come [Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Ei[A]leen
That [D]pretty red dress, Ei[F#m]leen (tell him yes)
Ah come [Em]on let's, ah come [G]on Eil[A]een
[D]Please...
[D] (Come on Eileen too-loo rye-[F#m]aye come on)
(Eileen too-loo rye-[G]aye toora toora-too-loora)[D][A]
Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh Eileen
[D] [F#m]
Come on Eileen, these things they are real and I know
how you feel [G]Now I must say more than ever
[D] things round here have [A]changed
[D]Too-ra loo-ra [F#m]too-ra loo-rye-[G]aye[D][A]
___________________________________________________________________
Malcolm Hannah (eermih@dct.ac.uk) Dundee, Scotland
