Eileen Chords by Keb Mo

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[Eb] It was late one Friday night, I was down in a few of the _ bars.
[G] We were talking loud, [Bb] having ourselves a real [Eb] good time. _ _ _ _
That's when I first saw Eileen, way down at the end of the bar. _ _
[Cm] She was sitting all alone, [Bb] having herself a real [Eb] good cry. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ So I went over with [Eb] my _ woman coat, _ _
_ [Bb] _ sat down beside her,
and I [Eb] told her one of [Bb] my jokes.
_ _ _ And through her tears, she started laughing.
_ _ [Eb] So we introduced ourselves, and we talked just a little bit more.
_ [Cm] But before too long, [Bb] we were heading towards [Eb] the door. _
All right.
_ _ She left the way I was close behind.
She turned and reached for my hand [Cm] like a stranger _ [Bb] that I had known [Eb] before. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ We got on a subway train, [Eb] and we rode all night.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Fm]
Sweet, [Bb] sweet goodbye kissing, [Eb] _ _
morning [Bb] _ light. _ _ _ _
And we were burning with desire. _ _
_ [F] When I called her on the [G] phone, _ [Cm] there would be nobody _ [G] home.
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] [Eb] And I never _ _ [Bb] saw [Fm] Eileen [Eb] again. _
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_ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] I remember [G] _ everything that [F] she told me, _ _ _ _ [Eb] but why'd she have to go and [Bb] disappear? Yeah. _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Oh.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ [Cm] Oh. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
Oh. Oh.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Oh.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometime later, _ I was out with a few [Ab] of the [Eb] boys.
[Cm] We were talking loud, [Bb] having [D] a silvery of [Eb] good time.
Then came the question.
_ _ Whatever happened _ to that girl at the end [Ab] of the [Eb] bar, _
who [Cm] was sitting all alone, [Bb] having a silvery of [Eb] good cry?
[C] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ We [Fm] went riding on a subway [Eb] train. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ Sweet Eileen [Fm] was her [Eb] name.
_ _ [Ab] [Bb] And I never got to know her _ the way [Gm] I really wanted [Fm] to.
_ _ [Bb] I thought we were connecting.
_ _ Guess I never really got through. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] When I called her on [Gm] the phone, _ there would [Cm] be nobody [Am] home. _
[C] _ _ _ _ And I [F] never _
_ _ [Fm] saw Eileen _ [Eb] _
again.
_ _ _ _ [F] Then arrived the evening [G] train.
_ _ [Cm] _
[Gm] Memories [F] remain. _ _ _ _
Oh, and I never _ [Fm] saw Eileen _ [Eb] again.
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] _
Oh.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] [F] Never saw [Bb] Eileen again.
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[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] [F] Never saw Eileen [Bb] again.
Oh.
[C] _ [F] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [G] _ _ _
[Bb] Eileen.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Sweet [Bb] Eileen.
_ _ _ _ Oh.
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_ Eileen. _ _ _ _ _
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[C] She never really [Bb] cared for me. _ _
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Whatever [C] happened.
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Oh.
_ [Fm] Eileen.
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_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _