Biography:
John Otway, (born October 2, 1952, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) is a self-confessed unsuccessful singer songwriter, who built a large cult audience through unrelenting touring, a surreal sense of humour and a winning underdog personality.
Although his first single, Gypsy/Misty Mountain was released in 1972, Otway shot to fame on the back of punk rock and a gymnastic performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test. His sixth single, the half-spoken love song Really Free reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.
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Cheryl's Going Home by John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett
D G A
D D G A
The thunder cracks against the night,
D D G A
The dark explodes with a yellow light,
D D
The railroad sign is flashing bright,
D C G D G A
The people stare but I don't care,
G C D G
My flesh is cold against my bones, and Cheryl's going home
D D G A
Can you hear me shouting in the rain?
D D G A
Is there a way to stop the train?
D D D C G D G A
I've got some reasons to explain, about the way I was today
G C D G
The whistle moans and I'm alone, and Cheryl's going home
D D G A
Send a roving special down the line,
D D G A
I'm running desperately behind,
D D
There's only one thing on my mind,
D C D G A
As the rain and tears are in my eyes,
G C D G
The things I have to say will not be known, and Cheryl's going home
G C G C
She's going home tonight ok, I'm running down the train tracks,
G C G C
Lost because she's gone away, oh yeah, Cheryl baby I love you
G C G C
And all the things you've ever done for me that's true.
G C G C
Then I see that look in your eyes, my God I'm sad now, paralysed
G C G C
You're going away, I'd hope you were gonna say
G C G C
I'm so sad you're going away, 'cause that train, that bloody train
G C
Is going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
G C
It's going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
G C G C G C
And Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home tonight
D D G A D D G A
The thunder cracks against the night, the dark explodes with a yellow light
D D D C G D G A
The railroad sign is flashing bright, the people stare but I don't care
G C D G
My flesh is cold against my bones, and darling Cheryl's going home
D G A
D D G A
The thunder cracks against the night,
D D G A
The dark explodes with a yellow light,
D D
The railroad sign is flashing bright,
D C G D G A
The people stare but I don't care,
G C D G
My flesh is cold against my bones, and Cheryl's going home
D D G A
Can you hear me shouting in the rain?
D D G A
Is there a way to stop the train?
D D D C G D G A
I've got some reasons to explain, about the way I was today
G C D G
The whistle moans and I'm alone, and Cheryl's going home
D D G A
Send a roving special down the line,
D D G A
I'm running desperately behind,
D D
There's only one thing on my mind,
D C D G A
As the rain and tears are in my eyes,
G C D G
The things I have to say will not be known, and Cheryl's going home
G C G C
She's going home tonight ok, I'm running down the train tracks,
G C G C
Lost because she's gone away, oh yeah, Cheryl baby I love you
G C G C
And all the things you've ever done for me that's true.
G C G C
Then I see that look in your eyes, my God I'm sad now, paralysed
G C G C
You're going away, I'd hope you were gonna say
G C G C
I'm so sad you're going away, 'cause that train, that bloody train
G C
Is going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
G C
It's going chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff, chuff down the track,
G C G C G C
And Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home, Cheryl is going home tonight
D D G A D D G A
The thunder cracks against the night, the dark explodes with a yellow light
D D D C G D G A
The railroad sign is flashing bright, the people stare but I don't care
G C D G
My flesh is cold against my bones, and darling Cheryl's going home
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