Chords for Robert Palmer - Sailing Shoes / Hey Julia / Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - 10/13/1979

You better not sing it!
So you go to the home, you check the deck,
and you check the deck,
you check it back, you check it [Em] back,
A _ [Ebm] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] little [A] lady in a starboard [Ab] hat,
she's a cocaine [A] [Em] dream,
[A] she does her dance,
[E] so [A] rhythmically,
[Ab] she's [A] climbing and [Em] singing,
[Ab] and I haven't [A] any time [Em] to hide,
[A] and you know that a [E] cocaine tree [A] looks fine,
but you gotta put on a stay,
that you gotta put on a stay, That you,
_ _ put [Db] on a [E] stay,
that you,
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Stop _ [A] to chill,
[E] when you [D] [E] put on your stay,
_ [Em] that you love. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] [E] Instead of dying,
[A] he's gotta die,
[Em] [A] instead of catching [E] morphogen,
[Dbm] every time,
[Ab] I [A] got a [Em] line, [Ab] I got [A] a pole, _ [Em] [B] and [A] [E] I'll meet you up in a fishing [A] hole.
Put on your sailor shoes, _ _ put on [E] your sailor _ shoes.
_ [G] [D] You're _ _ _
[A] worrying, _ [Db] [Eb] put [E] on your _ _ sailor [A] _ [E] _ [A] shoes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [Ab] _ [E] Doctor, [Gbm] I [Ab] feel [A] so bad, this is the [E] worst day I've [A] ever [Ab] had.
This is [A] heaviness, [Em] misery, [Ab] misery, from the [A] wrong [Em] side of [A] the eye.
If you [E] get followed on [A] the line, you've got to put on your sailor shoes. _ _
_ [Db] Put on your [E] sailor shoes. _
_ [G] _ [D] Everyone _ _ [A] starts to cheer when you [Eb] [E] put on your _ _ [A] sailor shoes.
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] Put on your [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] sailor shoes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hey, hey, Junior, [B]
your eyes are so [E] peculiar.
[D] I know I never fooled [A] you in a million years.
_ Strained on the eyes is you, [Abm] full of [D] surprises, no _ _ materializes.
[A] You've come dear, _ [B] _ [Gb] [D] you're a temptation to [A] a man.
_ [D] _ _ I could not resist you [A] and I won't if I can.
[E] You're [D] so unexpected, [B] whatever you intended.
[D] You make me feel how I felt [A] when I sang.
_ _ [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _
_ Hey, hey, Junior, [Bm] your crazy sense of humor, you turn facts into [E] rumors.
You've come [Gbm] dear, you're all [A] sex and you resemble.
[B] Your figure makes me [D] tremble, you're showing like a handle once [Gbm] between your [Ab] knees.
[Am] _ There's a [D] sensation you [Am] create, _ [Gm] _ [D] drops me off my sleep and I [A] forget everything.
_ [D] Junior, you're a danger, [E] just like [B] giving [E] sweets to [Abm] strangers.
I think [D] it's time I took [A] you in _ hand.
[A] _ _ _ Oh, [D] you're so unexpected, [B] whatever you intended.
[D] You make me feel how I felt when [G] I sang.
[E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ [B] Sneak _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [B] _ _ _ and silent through the alley.
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ Sneak and silent through the alley.
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [B] _ _ Sneak and silent through the alley.
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] Try to keep [G] her out of sight.
[B] _ _ Sneak and silent through the alley.
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] No [E] fops or whys.
[B] _ She said I can't find another only friend.
She said [E] sometimes _ _ [D] she lets me use [G] her car.
_ [B] _ She said if you can't find another one, you're mine.
[E] You better, [D] you better, you better, [E] you better, you better, [B] you better, you better find [E] something.
I began to [A] try to [E] explain [D] that I just [A] wasn't done with [E] her, but you know,
_ _ [B] I better find something human.
My time, [E] the fact is, [D] I've [E] just been caught.
[B] _ _ [Gbm] Sneak and silent [B] through the alley.
_ [E] _ _ [D] Try to [Bm] get away clean, [B] yeah.
Sneak [Gbm] and silent [B] through the alley.
_ [E] _ _ [D] No [Bm] fops or queers.
[B] _ I'm going to cover it all, put myself in trouble, catch myself in lies.
[E] _ _ [D] Catch [Bm] myself in lies.
_ [B] _ Mama just looked at me as if I was crazy, yeah.
[E] She didn't [D] even, didn't [E] even bat an eye.
[B] _ [E] So I began [A] to try to [E] explain [D] that I just [A] wasn't done [E] with her, but you know,
_ _ [B] I better find something to do with her.
My time, [E] the fact is, [D] _ [G] I've _ _ [B] just been caught.
Sneak and silent through the [Bm] alley.
_ [E] Whoa, [D] _ [Bm] whoa, whoa, whoa.
[E] [B] Get tired of that. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ Yeah, _ [Bm] _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [B] on the [Abm] guitar from New Orleans, Mr.
Leo [E] Nusantelli.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ On the keyboards from New York, Mr.
[E] Alan Mansfield.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [B] And on the keyboards from New York, Mr.
Jack Rookman, _ _ [E] _ _ [D] lovely [E] fella. _
[B] On the bass guitar from New York, Mr.
Pierre Brock. _ _
_ _ [E] And on the [D] drums from New [G] Orleans, Mr.
Donnie Wynn.
[B] _ Sneak into the alley, yeah.
Lift it, [E] _ _ [D] try to get away, [B]
yeah.
_ Sneak into the alley, yeah. _
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [D] When I bounced the [E] queen, _ [B] _ I got double down,
put myself in trouble, catch myself in [E] lies.
_ _ [D] Catch [Bm] myself in [B] lies, lies.
Mama just looked at me as if I was crazy, [Gbm] [E] yeah.
She didn't [D] even, didn't [E] even matter. _
[Bm] _ [B] Sneak into the alley, yeah. _
_ _ [E] Whoa, [D] _ [E] whoa,