Chords for Robyn Hitchcock - The Ballad of Old 604
Tempo:
113.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
That trolley bus was gliding down the wise
That trolley bus was gliding down [D] the wise
It left Wimbledon [C] with forty minutes left to run
On [A] 604 it glided [G] down the wise
Marilyn Monroe [D] had three months to go
Oh [C] Marilyn had just [D] three months to go
In [G] the middle of the dark
[C] She said the boy in green
[G] Had one hour five minutes or so
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
[B] Oh that trolley, [D] that trolley bus
[G] In the middle of the dark
[C] 604 had three minutes left
It [D] had one hour [G] five minutes or so
John Kennedy [D] was friends with [G] Marilyn
She sang happy birthday Jack [D] to him
[G] He didn't have that [Em] long
604 had fifteen minutes
When that [B] trolley pulled out [G] of the road
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [B] trolley, that trolley bus
[G] JFK did not have [C] long
604 just had this long
And fifteen minutes [D] wouldn't move out of [G] the door
The Beatles had passed the audition test
George Martin said they had to [D] lose Pete Pest
[G] So they shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus went to its final rest
Right here in Fulwell
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [A] trolley, that trolley bus
They shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus [D] went here to its final rest
It filled up right here in Jubilee Uh [G] huh
Listen [D] to the great Anthony
[G] Black Sabbath, the angel [D] hour baseball
Yeah see the way she moves
[C] She's got wise but no groove
Hark unto [F#m] the wise [G] Anthony
For [D]
the life of Jesus he [D] hears
[G] Time for nothing sold out for
They [C] sold more and sold more
There was thirty minutes [G] to the final kiss
We [D]
[G]
[B] [C] [G] [D]
all come to Fulwell in the end
Yes we all come to Fulwell in the end
[G] You cannot keep from seeing [C] me
And taking me
But that trolley bus will always be your friend Go Roy!
[D]
[C] [A]
[G] That trolley [A] bus was [G] blinding down the wires
That 604 was blinding [D] down the wires
It drank electricity
[Em] And was smog and diesel free
That trolley [A] bus was blinding [G] down the wires
That trolley, oh that [A] trolley
That trolley [A] bus
[G] It threw Roy on the ground
[C] As that thing went drumming
It [D] was there but [G] it's gone
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [N] stop!
That trolley bus was gliding down [D] the wise
It left Wimbledon [C] with forty minutes left to run
On [A] 604 it glided [G] down the wise
Marilyn Monroe [D] had three months to go
Oh [C] Marilyn had just [D] three months to go
In [G] the middle of the dark
[C] She said the boy in green
[G] Had one hour five minutes or so
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
[B] Oh that trolley, [D] that trolley bus
[G] In the middle of the dark
[C] 604 had three minutes left
It [D] had one hour [G] five minutes or so
John Kennedy [D] was friends with [G] Marilyn
She sang happy birthday Jack [D] to him
[G] He didn't have that [Em] long
604 had fifteen minutes
When that [B] trolley pulled out [G] of the road
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [B] trolley, that trolley bus
[G] JFK did not have [C] long
604 just had this long
And fifteen minutes [D] wouldn't move out of [G] the door
The Beatles had passed the audition test
George Martin said they had to [D] lose Pete Pest
[G] So they shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus went to its final rest
Right here in Fulwell
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [A] trolley, that trolley bus
They shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus [D] went here to its final rest
It filled up right here in Jubilee Uh [G] huh
Listen [D] to the great Anthony
[G] Black Sabbath, the angel [D] hour baseball
Yeah see the way she moves
[C] She's got wise but no groove
Hark unto [F#m] the wise [G] Anthony
For [D]
the life of Jesus he [D] hears
[G] Time for nothing sold out for
They [C] sold more and sold more
There was thirty minutes [G] to the final kiss
We [D]
[G]
[B] [C] [G] [D]
all come to Fulwell in the end
Yes we all come to Fulwell in the end
[G] You cannot keep from seeing [C] me
And taking me
But that trolley bus will always be your friend Go Roy!
[D]
[C] [A]
[G] That trolley [A] bus was [G] blinding down the wires
That 604 was blinding [D] down the wires
It drank electricity
[Em] And was smog and diesel free
That trolley [A] bus was blinding [G] down the wires
That trolley, oh that [A] trolley
That trolley [A] bus
[G] It threw Roy on the ground
[C] As that thing went drumming
It [D] was there but [G] it's gone
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [N] stop!
Key:
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D
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A
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G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That trolley bus was gliding down the wise
_ That trolley bus was gliding down [D] the wise
It left Wimbledon [C] with forty minutes left to run
On [A] 604 it glided [G] down the wise
_ Marilyn Monroe [D] had three months to go
_ Oh [C] Marilyn had just [D] three months to go
In [G] the middle of the dark
[C] She said the boy in green
[G] Had _ one hour five minutes or so
Oh _ that trolley, that trolley bus
[B] Oh that trolley, [D] that trolley bus
[G] In the middle of the dark
[C] 604 had three minutes left
It [D] had one hour [G] five minutes or so
John Kennedy [D] was friends with [G] Marilyn
She _ sang happy birthday Jack [D] to him
_ [G] He didn't have that [Em] long
604 had fifteen minutes
When that [B] trolley pulled out [G] of the road
_ _ _ _ Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [B] trolley, that trolley bus
[G] JFK did not have [C] long
604 just had this long
And fifteen minutes [D] wouldn't move out of [G] the door
_ _ The Beatles had passed the audition test
George Martin said they had to [D] lose Pete Pest
_ [G] So they shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus went to its final rest
Right here in Fulwell
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [A] trolley, that trolley bus
They shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus [D] went here to its final rest
It filled up right here in Jubilee _ Uh _ _ [G] huh _
_ _ _ _ _ Listen [D] to the great Anthony
[G] _ Black _ Sabbath, the angel [D] hour baseball
_ Yeah see the way she moves
[C] She's got wise but no groove
Hark unto [F#m] the wise [G] Anthony
For _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ the life of Jesus he [D] hears
_ [G] Time for nothing sold out for
They [C] sold more and sold more
There was thirty minutes [G] to the final kiss
We _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ all come to Fulwell in the end
_ Yes we all come to Fulwell in the end
[G] You cannot keep from seeing [C] me
And taking me
But that trolley bus will always be your friend Go Roy!
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ That trolley [A] bus was [G] blinding down the wires
_ That 604 was blinding [D] down the wires
It drank electricity
[Em] And was smog and diesel free
That trolley [A] bus was blinding [G] down the wires
_ That _ trolley, _ _ _ _ oh that _ [A] trolley
That trolley [A] bus
[G] It threw Roy on the ground
[C] As that _ thing went drumming
It [D] was there but [G] it's gone
1, _ _ _ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [N] stop! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That trolley bus was gliding down the wise
_ That trolley bus was gliding down [D] the wise
It left Wimbledon [C] with forty minutes left to run
On [A] 604 it glided [G] down the wise
_ Marilyn Monroe [D] had three months to go
_ Oh [C] Marilyn had just [D] three months to go
In [G] the middle of the dark
[C] She said the boy in green
[G] Had _ one hour five minutes or so
Oh _ that trolley, that trolley bus
[B] Oh that trolley, [D] that trolley bus
[G] In the middle of the dark
[C] 604 had three minutes left
It [D] had one hour [G] five minutes or so
John Kennedy [D] was friends with [G] Marilyn
She _ sang happy birthday Jack [D] to him
_ [G] He didn't have that [Em] long
604 had fifteen minutes
When that [B] trolley pulled out [G] of the road
_ _ _ _ Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [B] trolley, that trolley bus
[G] JFK did not have [C] long
604 just had this long
And fifteen minutes [D] wouldn't move out of [G] the door
_ _ The Beatles had passed the audition test
George Martin said they had to [D] lose Pete Pest
_ [G] So they shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus went to its final rest
Right here in Fulwell
Oh that trolley, that trolley bus
Oh that [A] trolley, that trolley bus
They shed old Pete
[C] Thirty-five minutes out of Eden Street
[G] That trolley bus [D] went here to its final rest
It filled up right here in Jubilee _ Uh _ _ [G] huh _
_ _ _ _ _ Listen [D] to the great Anthony
[G] _ Black _ Sabbath, the angel [D] hour baseball
_ Yeah see the way she moves
[C] She's got wise but no groove
Hark unto [F#m] the wise [G] Anthony
For _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ the life of Jesus he [D] hears
_ [G] Time for nothing sold out for
They [C] sold more and sold more
There was thirty minutes [G] to the final kiss
We _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ all come to Fulwell in the end
_ Yes we all come to Fulwell in the end
[G] You cannot keep from seeing [C] me
And taking me
But that trolley bus will always be your friend Go Roy!
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ That trolley [A] bus was [G] blinding down the wires
_ That 604 was blinding [D] down the wires
It drank electricity
[Em] And was smog and diesel free
That trolley [A] bus was blinding [G] down the wires
_ That _ trolley, _ _ _ _ oh that _ [A] trolley
That trolley [A] bus
[G] It threw Roy on the ground
[C] As that _ thing went drumming
It [D] was there but [G] it's gone
1, _ _ _ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, [N] stop! _ _ _