capo : 4nd fret

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lovely girl won’t you stay , won’t you stay , stay with me

all my life i was blind , i was blind , now i see
C F C F C G C
lovely girl won’t you stay , won’t you stay , stay with me
C F C F C G C
all my life i was blind , i was blind , now i see

[ verse ]
C G
fleet of black , fleet of black limousines
F C
these tinted machines , here comes the cavalcade
G
with the armored cars , armored cars like berettas
F C G
flags on antennaes designed to keep me safe , keep me safe

[ chorus ]
C G C
and oh my my oh hey hey
F C G C
here he comes , the candidate
C G C
blue eyed boy , united states
F C G C
vote for him , the candidate

[ verse ]
diamonds cut , diamonds cut for the carrots
plaster of paris , the floats fill up the street

and the beauty queens , beauty queens with the white gloves
all sick from the night clubs , they wave with pageantry , pageantry

[ chorus ]
oh my my oh hey hey
here it comes , the big parade
marching bands and barricades
make way , for the big parade

[ bridge ]

[ verse ]
canvas covered , canvas covered in resin
the violent men who dance the blood ballet
and the bookies say , bookies say it’s the 3rd round
oh when louie will go down , if he don’t there’s hell to pay , and hell to raise

[ chorus ]
and oh my my oh hey hey
here he comes , the welterweight
take a dive , for goodness sake
or say goodbye to the welterweight

[ verse ]
catholic priest , catholic priest in a crisis
he’s torn between romance and jesus , who will win the civil war

and he says i’m in love , i’m in love with a woman
yea this is my confession , i’m leaving i can’t a priest anymore , anymore

[ chorus ]
and oh my my oh hey hey
there he goes , the man of faith

left the church for a fiance
let him love , the man of faith

[ bridge ]

[ verse ]
t . v . cameras , t . v . cameras and stage hands
american bandstand , electric guitars

and he’s singin songs , singin songs for the lonely
all the girls with the room keys , they know all his words by heart , by heart and they all sing

[ interlude ]
lovely girl won’t you stay , won’t you stay , stay with me
all my life i was blind , i was blind , now i see
lovely girl won’t you stay , won’t you stay , stay with me
all my life i was blind , i was blind , now i see

lovely girl won’t you stay , oh oh ohoh

[ chorus ]
oh my my oh hey hey
here she comes by saving grace
burn the car and save the plates
she’s arrived , my saving grace