Beautiful South - Frank And Delores

frank and delores : B side of good as gold ( stupid as mud )
also on limited edition of carry on up the charts
brilliantly sung by jacqui abbott , beautiful

G
frank loved the blue
big open skies
played an old concertina
singing loola lullabies
D
frank loved an angel
with black spanish eyes
C D G
and a smile to remind him of heaven

C G
frank’s been missing since delores telephoned
D G
scared of his shadow he’s bleached to the bone
C G
washed in the tears for a love that lays dying
D G
wings have a habit of flying

G
singer and waitress he worked in saloons

between big red sunsets big yellow moons
D
tears in his eyes stones in his shoes
C D G
howling wolf in his blues

frank’s been missing since delores telephoned
scared of his shadow he’s bleached to the bone
washed in the tears for a love that lays dying
wings have a habit of flying

D
oooh tears in his eyes stones in his shoes
C D G
howling wolf in his blues