The Killing Of Georgie - Rod Stewart - Lyric Video Chords

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_ In these days of changing ways, so-called liberated days, [Eb] a story comes to mind of a friend [Bb] of mine. _
_ George, a boy, was gay, I guess, nothing more or nothing [Eb] less.
The kindest guy I ever knew. _
_ His mother's [Bb] tears fell in vain.
Afternoon George tried to explain [Eb] that he needed love like all [Bb] the rest.
_ Pa 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 [Dm] bus, cast out by the ones he [Eb] loves, a victim of these gay [Bb] days it seems. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ George 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 and all the places that were chic, [Gm] no party was complete [Bb] without George.
_ _ Along the Boulevard he'd cruise and all the old queens threw a [Eb] fuse.
Everybody [Gm] loved [Bb] George, you 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 [Gm] hype that split before the final [Bb] curtain fell.
_ _ Deciding to take a shortcut home, arm in arm, 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 passerby.
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_ _ There ensued a fearful fight, screams flung out in the [Eb] night.
George is headed a sidewalk [Bb] cornerstone.
_ _ A leather kid, a Swiss blade knife, he did not intend to take his life, [Eb] he just pushed his luck a little too far [Bb] that night.
_ The sight of blood dispersed the gang, a crowd gathered, the police came, [Gm] an ambulance screamed to halt [Bb] or get to Third Avenue. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ George's life ended there, but I ask who really cared?
[Eb] George once said to me, and [Bb] I quote,
_ he said never wait or hesitate, get in gear before it's too late, [Eb] you may never get another [Bb] chance.
_ _ Cause use a mask but it don't last, live it long and live it fast.
[Eb] George, he was a [Bb] friend of mine.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Oh, George, [Fm] he said, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
don't _ go [Eb] away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ George, he [Fm] said, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
you take our [Eb] brother away. _
_ _ _ _ Oh, George, [Fm] he said, _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
don't _ go [Eb] _ away. _
_ _ _ _ _ George, [Fm] he said, _ _ _ [F] _ _ you take our [Eb] brother _ away. _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, [Fm] George, he said, _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ don't go [Eb] away. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ George, [Fm] George, he said, _ _ _ [F] you _ take our [Eb] brother away. _ _ _
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