Chords for THE MANFREDS-PRETTY FLAMINGO/MIGHTY QUINN-VH1

[N] So the Manfreds, they certainly were [C] backward in coming forward
[F] and they joined [G] Pip and me here on Thursday [Eb] night to run through a couple of [Gm] immortal tunes that [C] you really ought to recognise.
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_ _ [G] _ _ [C] One of [G] _ _ [C] _ the [G] guys _ _
[C] call her _ [G] _ _ Flamingo _
[C] Cos her [D] hair [G] shines like the sun
[C] And her [D]
eyes, they're [G] like the _ [Em] sky
[G] _
_ [C] When she _ [G] walks, [C] she moves so [G] fine
_ Like a _ _ _ flamingo
That [C] crimson dress [D] really [G] clings so tight
[C] She's out of [D] reach, she's [G] out of sight
_ _ When she walks [C] by, _ _ [D] she brightens up the [G] whole neighbourhood
_ _ _ _ Oh, [C] every guy would _ _ _ _ [D] make her his
If only [G] he just could
If [D] she just would _ _
_ Some sweet [G] _ day, [C] _
_ _ [G] _ I'd be [C] ready for [G] me
And _ _ [C] every [D] guy is gonna [G] envy me
[C] Cos _ [D] paradise, you know [G] that's where I'll [C] be
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When she [C] walks by, _ _ _ [D] _ _ she brightens up the whole [G] _ neighbourhood _ _ _
Oh, [C] every guy _ _ _ [D] would make her his
If only [G] he just could
_ [D] If she just _ would
_ _ Some sweet _
[G] day, [C] I'd be ready [G] _ _ _
[C] for _ [G] me
And every [C] guy _ [D] is gonna [G] envy _ me
[C] Cos paradise, [D] you know [G] that's where I'll [C] be
_ [G] _
Sha-la-la, _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] ready for [G] me
_ [C] Someday gonna [G] make her mine
Sha-la-la, _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] ready for [G] me
Yes I [C] will, yes I [G] will, I'll make her mine
Sha-la-la
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Come on with us, _ come on with us
You'll not see [F] nothing like a [Eb] mighty [Bb] quid _
Come on with us, _ come on with us
_ You'll not see [F] nothing like a mighty [Bb] _ quid
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Everybody's building ships and boats
_ [Bb] _ Some are building [Eb] monuments, _ [Bb] others are downing [Eb] notes _ _
_ _ Everybody's in despair, every girl and boy
[Bb] But when Queen Miasma gets here, _ everybody's gonna jump for joy
_ Come on with _ us, come on with us
You'll not see [F] nothing like [Eb] a mighty [Bb] quid
_ _ Come on with us, _ come on with us
You'll not see [F] nothing like [Eb] a mighty [Bb] quid _ _ _ _ _
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Well [Bb] I like to go [Eb] just like the rest
I like my sugar sweet, _ with [Db] jamming cues and a naked [Bb] haze
Well that ain't my cup of tea
_ _ _ _ Everybody's beneath the trees, feed pigeons on a limb
But when Queen Miasma [F] gets here, all the pigeons gonna [Bb] run to him
_ _ Come on with us, _ come on with us
You'll not see [F] nothing like a [Eb] mighty [Bb] quid
I wanna hear you sing
Come on with us, _ come on with us
You'll not see [F]
nothing like a [Eb] mighty _ [Bb] quid _
Well let me do [Eb] what I wanna do
Cause I can't decide them all
Just tell me where to put them
And I'll tell you who to call
_ _ _ Nobody can get no sleep
Someone on everyone's toes
But [Bb] when Queen Miasma [F] gets here, everybody's gonna [Bb] wanna do
_ Come on with us, come _ _ _ on with us
You'll not see [F] nothing like [Eb] a mighty [Bb] quid
_ Come on with us, _ _ come on with us
_ You'll not see [F] nothing like [Eb] a mighty [Bb] quid
Yes he's coming along _ with us
Sing the song
Come on with us, come on with us
You'll not see [F] nothing like a [Eb] mighty quid
[Bb] Everybody sing
Come on with us, _ come on with us
_ You'll not see [F] nothing like a mighty, [Cm] _
_ _ _ mighty, _ _ mighty [Bb] _ _ quid _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ On tour starting very shortly and taking in [Abm] venues the length and breadth of the country.
Make sure you go and see [Gm] them.
You'll be hard pushed to find a better bunch of musicians under one