The Killing Of Georgie Chords by Rod Stewart

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[Bb] Oh yeah, _ _ _ _ _
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_ in these days of changing waves, so-called liberated [Eb] days, a story comes to mind [Bb] of a friend of mine. _
_ George, a boy, was gay, I guess, nothing more or nothing [Eb] less, the kindest guy I [Bb] ever knew. _
_ His mother's tears fell in vain, the afternoon George tried to [Eb] explain that he needed love like [Bb] all the rest.
_ Paul said, there must be a mistake, how can my son not be straight, [Eb] after all I've said and done [Bb] for him? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Leaving home on a greyhound bus, cast out by the ones he loves, [Eb] a victim of these gay days [Bb] it seems.
_ He's too young to be [Eb] one _ of us.
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_ _ George, he went to New York town, where he quickly settled [Eb] down and soon became the toast of the great [Bb] white wave.
_ _ Accepted by Manhattan's elite, in all the places that were chic, [Eb] no party was complete [Bb] without George.
_ _ Along the boulevards he [Dm] grew, and all the old queens who [Eb] abused, everybody loved [Bb] George, boy.
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_ _ Last time I saw George alive was in the summer of 75, [Eb] he said he was in love, I [Bb] said I'm pleased.
_ _ George attended the opening night of another Broadway [Eb] height that split before the final [Bb] curtain fell.
_ _ Deciding to take a shortcut home, on and on, they meant no [Eb] wrong, a gentle breeze blew down Fifth [Bb]
Avenue. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Out of a dark inside street came a New Jersey gang with just one [Eb] aim, to roll some innocent _ [Bb] _
passerby.
_ There into the pitful fight, screams flung out in the [Eb] night, George is headed a sidewalk [Bb]
cornerstone.
_ A leather kid, a Swiss blade knife, did not intend to take his [Eb] life, he just pushed his luck a little too [Bb] far that night.
_ The sight of blood dispersed the gang, a crowd gathered, the police [Eb] came, an ambulance screamed to a halt, [Bb] on 53rd and 3rd. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ George's life ended there, but I ask who really cares?
[Cm] George once said to me, [Bb] and I quote, _ _ he said never wait or [Gm] hesitate, [Bb]
get in gear before it's too late.
[Cm] You may never get another [Bb]
chance, _ cause youth's a mask but it [Gm] don't [Bb] last, live it long and live [Eb] it fast.
George was a [Bb] friend of mine.
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_ _ [Eb] Oh [Bb] _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] George [Fm] stay, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] don't go [Eb] _ away. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ George if [Fm] we stay, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
you take [Bb] our [Eb] breath away. _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh George [Fm] stay, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] [Ab] don't [Eb] go away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ George if [Fm] we stay, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
you take [Eb] our breath away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh George [Fm] stay, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ don't go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ away.
[Fm] George if we stay, _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
you take [Eb] our breath away. _ _ _
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