Biography:
Crimmins brings The Hookers out to blast the room with Dixieland horns, rowdy ragtime piano and gypsy jazz guitar. Crooning and boozing the night away, he delivers everything you would expect from a man who claims to be possessed by the ghost of an old vaudevillian accordion player. Songs jump with a 1920's gaudiness, reminiscent of tawdry, dangerous jazz. While devious lyrics can mirror the sinister Charlestons they accompany, Crimmins also has a grab bag of unjaded torch songs at his disposal
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Intro:
Dm, A7 x8
Dm
Dance, baby, dance
A7
They're gonna give you all the cash in advance
C A7
And from your hips you got a price tag selling romance
Dm A7 Dm A7
Right away, you're a natural
Dm
Lined up for you
A7
All down the street, around the corner, in the queue
Bb
And past the pub with all the vagrants and the booze
C C#m Dm A7 Dm
As I'll be sittin' playin' blues here on the piano for the drunk and the few
Gm A7
Singin' our favorite tune
Dm A7 Dm A7 x 2
They made a hooker out of you
Dm
Hangin' out by an old streetlight
A7
A nip of gin to get you through the night
C
Toss out a hook and hope you get a bite
A7 Dm A7 Dm
But you ain't had a hit here lately
A7 Dm
They're watchin' your fantasy
A7
Fade away into a broken dream
Bb
Lie down with dogs and you'll wake up with disease
C C#m Dm A7 Dm
Oh, baby can’t you see, ain't been a genius here since 1932
Gm A7
You'd think that you were one of the few
Dm A7 Dm A7 x 2
They made a hooker out of you
Bridge:
Cm Ab Cm Ab
Bb Bm Dm A
Dm A Bb A (Hold this A for a while and then go):
A|---------4-5-|
E|---5-7-8-----|
Dm
I don't know where I am
A7
But I'm alone and just a shell of a man
C
Gave it all up for the one-night stand
A7 Dm A7 Dm A7
For the love of a fan's adoration
Dm
It rots you to the core
A7
It'll steal your heart and soul, for sure
Bb C C#m Dm A7 Dm A7
Leave you feelin' unwelcome and on hell's front door
Gm A7
You'd think that that would give you a clue
Bb C C#m
I'm throwin' out this moniker, when suddenly it did occur
Dm C Bm7
That maybe, baby, I'm a hooker too
Gm A7
And I'm hearin' that familiar tune
Dm A7 Dm A7 - Repeat until the end, finish on Dm
They made a hooker out of you
And maybe I'm a hooker too
And maybe I'm a hooker too
And maybe I'm a hooker too
Play the Bm7 like this:
E|-1-
B|-0-
G|-2-
D|-0-
A|-2-
E|---
Dm, A7 x8
Dm
Dance, baby, dance
A7
They're gonna give you all the cash in advance
C A7
And from your hips you got a price tag selling romance
Dm A7 Dm A7
Right away, you're a natural
Dm
Lined up for you
A7
All down the street, around the corner, in the queue
Bb
And past the pub with all the vagrants and the booze
C C#m Dm A7 Dm
As I'll be sittin' playin' blues here on the piano for the drunk and the few
Gm A7
Singin' our favorite tune
Dm A7 Dm A7 x 2
They made a hooker out of you
Dm
Hangin' out by an old streetlight
A7
A nip of gin to get you through the night
C
Toss out a hook and hope you get a bite
A7 Dm A7 Dm
But you ain't had a hit here lately
A7 Dm
They're watchin' your fantasy
A7
Fade away into a broken dream
Bb
Lie down with dogs and you'll wake up with disease
C C#m Dm A7 Dm
Oh, baby can’t you see, ain't been a genius here since 1932
Gm A7
You'd think that you were one of the few
Dm A7 Dm A7 x 2
They made a hooker out of you
Bridge:
Cm Ab Cm Ab
Bb Bm Dm A
Dm A Bb A (Hold this A for a while and then go):
A|---------4-5-|
E|---5-7-8-----|
Dm
I don't know where I am
A7
But I'm alone and just a shell of a man
C
Gave it all up for the one-night stand
A7 Dm A7 Dm A7
For the love of a fan's adoration
Dm
It rots you to the core
A7
It'll steal your heart and soul, for sure
Bb C C#m Dm A7 Dm A7
Leave you feelin' unwelcome and on hell's front door
Gm A7
You'd think that that would give you a clue
Bb C C#m
I'm throwin' out this moniker, when suddenly it did occur
Dm C Bm7
That maybe, baby, I'm a hooker too
Gm A7
And I'm hearin' that familiar tune
Dm A7 Dm A7 - Repeat until the end, finish on Dm
They made a hooker out of you
And maybe I'm a hooker too
And maybe I'm a hooker too
And maybe I'm a hooker too
Play the Bm7 like this:
E|-1-
B|-0-
G|-2-
D|-0-
A|-2-
E|---
Blankts
Blas Cantó (...)
Blas Infante
Blaudzun
Blaumut
Blitz
Blitzen Trapper
Blitzkid
Bloc Party
Block B