Chords for Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson Irene Wilde live at Rockpalast 80

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_ _ _ _ [G] This is a _ _ _ love story. _ _ _
_ It's not puppy love stuff, it's 16 year old stuff. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [D] _ _ When [G] _ _ [C] _ I was just [G] 16, _ _ [Am] I stood waiting for a [C] queen,
_ _ [F] at Barker Street [G] bus station every [C] night.
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_ [C] Every time I'd get it on, [G] _ _
she'd [Am] just look at me with [C] scorn. _
_ [F] My courage turned to [G] fear, and I took flight.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _
For those [Am] looks, they seemed to [F] say, _
You [G] ain't nothing, go [C] away, [G] you're just some [Am] face _ [G] in the [F] crowd. _
So [G] I went [D] home, and I [C] vowed, [F] I'm gonna [C] be _ [Dm] somebody, _ _ [C] someday.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] Her name was Irene [G] _
Wilde, [Am] oh such beauty _ [G] for a child.
[C] _ [F] When she started dating [G] boys, _ I nearly [C] died.
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[G] _ [C] For I could not bear [G] to stand, _ _ [Am] seeing someone [G] hold her hand.
_ [F] I thought I'd have to [G] crawl _ away from [C] her.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
In [Am] my mother's Sunday [F] room, _ I [G] composed so many [C] tunes,
[G] they was all the [Am] same, _ [G] just [F] a frame _ [G] for her name.
And just [C] to say, _ _ [F] I'm gonna be [C] _ _ [Dm] somebody, _ _ [C] someday. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Wilde [F] is your name, [G] I soon left that country [C] town.
[Em] I've been [Am] around, [G] I've seen [F] some fame.
_ [G] I've seen some ups, I've seen [C] some downs.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Smile for [F] your shot, [G] as you hear your [C] name, I vow.
Cause it's [Am] that face _ [G] in the [F] crowd.
_ [G] I didn't dig it, I'm [C] much too proud.
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But I was just [G] sixteen, _ _ [Am] I stood waiting for that [C] dream. _ _
[F] The darkest re [G]-festation, _ non [C]-affair. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
At the time it seemed [G] so sad, _ but [Am] it didn't turn out [G] bad. _ _
[F] If she hadn't messed me [G] up, I'd still [C] be there.
_ _ _ _ You know [Am] I feed most folks [F] cream.
A [G] little put down makes [C] them see, [Bm] they ain't the [Am] chain, [G] they're just a [F] link. _
And [G] that's why she [C] made me think, _ _ [F] I'm gonna be [C] _ _ [F] somebody.
_ _ _ Be [C] _ [Dm] somebody.
_ _ _ [F] Be [C] _ _
[Dm] somebody.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Someday.
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