Chords for LONNIE DONEGAN Lorelei
Tempo:
127.75 bpm
Chords used:
Em
Fm
B
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] I [G] kissed a girl in Burma, in a town they called Angu.
Her lips were hot as curry in the heat of the afternoon.
Her kisses were so spicy I stopped my lips to cry.
[Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, [Eb]
[C] Lorelei, [Em] Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in Africa right on the eye.
But every time she kissed me back my ears would burn.
She kissed me ocean deep, she kissed me [A] mountain high.
[G] [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
[Gm] It's Lorelei, [Em] Lorelei, Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in London town right underneath.
And I served it with a touch of mine, a clock was striking ten.
She kissed me there in April and it lasted until [G] July.
[Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, Lorelei, [Fm] Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in the Holy Land by the Sea of Galilee.
She fed me dates and olives underneath the lemon tree.
She kissed [Ab] me till my sun-dry lips would blistered parts of cry.
[Fm] But I never knew what kissing [C] was like.
[Fm] It's Lorelei, [Db] Lorelei.
[Fm]
You think that I'm just lying, you think she don't exist.
But if she ever kissed you boy, you know that you didn't kiss.
True kissing is her specialty, her one and only [Ab] gig.
Cause [Bb] Lorelei's a mermaid, [F]
half a woman, half a fish.
[Dbm] Lorelei, [Fm]
Lorelei.
[C] [N]
Her lips were hot as curry in the heat of the afternoon.
Her kisses were so spicy I stopped my lips to cry.
[Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, [Eb]
[C] Lorelei, [Em] Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in Africa right on the eye.
But every time she kissed me back my ears would burn.
She kissed me ocean deep, she kissed me [A] mountain high.
[G] [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
[Gm] It's Lorelei, [Em] Lorelei, Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in London town right underneath.
And I served it with a touch of mine, a clock was striking ten.
She kissed me there in April and it lasted until [G] July.
[Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, Lorelei, [Fm] Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in the Holy Land by the Sea of Galilee.
She fed me dates and olives underneath the lemon tree.
She kissed [Ab] me till my sun-dry lips would blistered parts of cry.
[Fm] But I never knew what kissing [C] was like.
[Fm] It's Lorelei, [Db] Lorelei.
[Fm]
You think that I'm just lying, you think she don't exist.
But if she ever kissed you boy, you know that you didn't kiss.
True kissing is her specialty, her one and only [Ab] gig.
Cause [Bb] Lorelei's a mermaid, [F]
half a woman, half a fish.
[Dbm] Lorelei, [Fm]
Lorelei.
[C] [N]
Key:
Em
Fm
B
G
C
Em
Fm
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] kissed a girl in Burma, in a town they called Angu.
Her lips were hot as curry in the heat of the afternoon.
Her kisses were so spicy I stopped my lips to cry.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, _ [Eb]
[C] Lorelei, _ [Em] _ Lorelei. _ _ _
_ I kissed a girl in Africa right on the eye.
But every time she kissed me back my ears would burn.
_ She kissed me ocean deep, she kissed me [A] mountain high.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
_ [Gm] It's Lorelei, _ [Em] _ Lorelei, _ _ _ Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in London town right underneath.
_ And I served it with a touch of mine, a clock was striking ten.
She kissed me there in April and it lasted until [G] July.
_ _ _ _ [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, _ Lorelei, [Fm] _ _ _ _ Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in the Holy Land by the Sea of Galilee.
She fed me dates and olives underneath the lemon tree.
She kissed [Ab] me till my sun-dry lips would blistered parts of cry. _ _
_ _ [Fm] But I never knew what kissing [C] was like.
[Fm] It's Lorelei, [Db] Lorelei.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You think that I'm just lying, you think she don't exist.
But if she ever kissed you boy, you know that you didn't kiss.
True kissing is her specialty, her one and only [Ab] gig. _
_ _ _ Cause [Bb] Lorelei's a mermaid, [F]
half a woman, half a fish.
_ [Dbm] Lorelei, _ [Fm]
Lorelei.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] kissed a girl in Burma, in a town they called Angu.
Her lips were hot as curry in the heat of the afternoon.
Her kisses were so spicy I stopped my lips to cry.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, _ [Eb]
[C] Lorelei, _ [Em] _ Lorelei. _ _ _
_ I kissed a girl in Africa right on the eye.
But every time she kissed me back my ears would burn.
_ She kissed me ocean deep, she kissed me [A] mountain high.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
_ [Gm] It's Lorelei, _ [Em] _ Lorelei, _ _ _ Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in London town right underneath.
_ And I served it with a touch of mine, a clock was striking ten.
She kissed me there in April and it lasted until [G] July.
_ _ _ _ [Em] But I never knew what kissing was [B] like.
It's [E] Lorelei, _ Lorelei, [Fm] _ _ _ _ Lorelei.
I kissed a girl in the Holy Land by the Sea of Galilee.
She fed me dates and olives underneath the lemon tree.
She kissed [Ab] me till my sun-dry lips would blistered parts of cry. _ _
_ _ [Fm] But I never knew what kissing [C] was like.
[Fm] It's Lorelei, [Db] Lorelei.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You think that I'm just lying, you think she don't exist.
But if she ever kissed you boy, you know that you didn't kiss.
True kissing is her specialty, her one and only [Ab] gig. _
_ _ _ Cause [Bb] Lorelei's a mermaid, [F]
half a woman, half a fish.
_ [Dbm] Lorelei, _ [Fm]
Lorelei.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _