Biography:
Dexys Midnight Runners - the name consistently spelled without an apostrophe - were a British post-punk and Northern Soul band who achieved their major success in the early to mid 1980s. The word Dexys in this case, comes from a colloquialism of dextroamphetamine, a type of amphetamine diet pill that was a popular 'upper' drug with England's Northern Soul scene in the 1960s.
Founded in 1978 by former singer of the Killjoys, Kevin Rowland, and guitarist Kevin "Al" Archer
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2nd December 2000, 5.11pm
Shaun Hand, 16, Birmingham
GENO
(Rowland, Archer)
From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (Parlophone, 1980)
This is one of the best songs ever written,some of the lyrics I don't think are right and some are just
but please correct me where I've gone wrong.
Chords used:
C#: 9-11-11-10-99
B: 799877
F#m: 244222
A: 577655
F#: 244322
E: 022100
N.C.(crowd chanting and horns)
C# B (x4)
C# B C# B
Back in sixty, the weight of his work at de club (oh Geno)
C# B C# B
??? Jimmy's my scene and the rocksteady rub (oh Geno)
B F#m
On a night when flowers didn't suit my tune,
B F#m
After a week of longing, I'm back in school,
B F#m
Geno is heading the crowd that night
B F#m
A-just a-?????? his ??????? and keeping out of the fights.
A E B F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A E B F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A E B F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A E B F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
C#
C# B (x2)
C# B C# B
That man took the stage, his towel swinging high (oh Geno)
C# B C# B
This man was my bombers, my dexys, my highs (oh Geno)
B F#m
Oh, the crowd they all hailed you, and chanted your name,
B F#m
But they never knew, like we knew, me and you were the same,
B F#m
And now you're all over, your sound is so tame,
B F#m
Brrrrrri, you fed me and plainly I'll remember your name,
A E B F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A E B F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A E B F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A E B F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
A B F# E (x2) A B C#
(Instrumental)
C#
B C#
Oh Geno,
B
Woah Geno
(repeat to fade)
2nd December 2000, 5.11pm
Shaun Hand, 16, Birmingham
GENO
(Rowland, Archer)
From 'Searching For The Young Soul Rebels' (Parlophone, 1980)
This is one of the best songs ever written,some of the lyrics I don't think are right and some are just
but please correct me where I've gone wrong.
Chords used:
C#: 9-11-11-10-99
B: 799877
F#m: 244222
A: 577655
F#: 244322
E: 022100
N.C.(crowd chanting and horns)
C# B (x4)
C# B C# B
Back in sixty, the weight of his work at de club (oh Geno)
C# B C# B
??? Jimmy's my scene and the rocksteady rub (oh Geno)
B F#m
On a night when flowers didn't suit my tune,
B F#m
After a week of longing, I'm back in school,
B F#m
Geno is heading the crowd that night
B F#m
A-just a-?????? his ??????? and keeping out of the fights.
A E B F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A E B F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A E B F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A E B F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
C#
C# B (x2)
C# B C# B
That man took the stage, his towel swinging high (oh Geno)
C# B C# B
This man was my bombers, my dexys, my highs (oh Geno)
B F#m
Oh, the crowd they all hailed you, and chanted your name,
B F#m
But they never knew, like we knew, me and you were the same,
B F#m
And now you're all over, your sound is so tame,
B F#m
Brrrrrri, you fed me and plainly I'll remember your name,
A E B F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A E B F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A E B F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A E B F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
A B F# E (x2) A B C#
(Instrumental)
C#
B C#
Oh Geno,
B
Woah Geno
(repeat to fade)
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