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Moody Richard
Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Intro
||:     G   Bb|     C     D:||
Verse 1:
Moody GRichard,    Bb     C  Dhe was always hGangin’ roundBb  C  D  
Moody GRichard,    Bb     C  Dwas the biggest Gsquare in townBb  C  D  
Moody GRichard,    Bb     C  Dhe was always Gon the sceneBb  C  D  
But his Gpresence    Bb      C  Dnever really Gmeant a thingBb  C  D  
Chorus:
He was an Cm7innocent      bysEmtander
Cm7Watchin’ his time        go Emby
Mister iCm7nnocent         bysEmtander
Am7Doesn’t your Cmtime       Cm7fly     GbyBb  C  D  
Verse 2:
Moody GRichard,     Bb      C  Dnever had a Gthing to sayBb  C  D  
But his Gsilence      Bb      C  Ddidn’t matter GanywayBb  C  D  
And his Gproblem      Bb      C  Dwas an easy Gone to solveBb  C  D  
Moody GRichard     Bb     C  Dnever really Ggot involvedBb  C  D  
Chorus:
He was an Cm7innocent      bysEmtander
Cm7Watchin’ his time        go Emby
Mister iCm7nnocent         bysEmtander
Am7Doesn’t your Cmtime       Cm7fly     GbyBb  C  D  
Bridge:
But he’s F#mguilty of Gmone F#mcrime
Must Fmhe Emruin your life Fmand Emmine
For he’s F#malways stanGmding F#mby
In Fmthe Emcorner of Fmyour Emeye
Yes, he’s Cm7guilty,         Em  Cm7guiltyEm  
Chorus:
He was an Cm7innocent      bysEmtander
Cm7Watchin’ his time        go Emby
Mister iCm7nnocent         bysEmtander
Am7Doesn’t your Cmtime       Cm7fly     GbyBb  C  D  
[Guitar Solo]
|   F#m7|  %  |  Em7|  %  |  F#m7|  %  |   Em|  %  |
|   Cm7   Em|   Cm7    Em|
|   F#m7|  %  |  Em7|  %  |  F#m7|  %  |   Em|  %  |
Chorus:
He was an Cm7innocent      bysEmtander
Cm7Watchin’ his time        go Emby
Mister Cm7innocent         byEmstander
Am7Doesn’t your Cmtime       Cdim  B7fly    GbyBb  C  D  G  Bb  C  D  

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Moody Richard

by Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cm7

Am7

F#m

F#m7

Em7

Cdim

Moody Richard

Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks

Intro

G Bb C D

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Verse 1:

G Bb C D G Bb C D

Moody Richard, he was always hangin’ round

G Bb C D G Bb C D

Moody Richard, was the biggest square in town

G Bb C D G Bb C D

Moody Richard, he was always on the scene

G Bb C D G Bb C D

But his presence never really meant a thing

Chorus:

Cm7 Em

He was an innocent bystander

Cm7 Em

Watchin’ his time go by

Cm7 Em

Mister innocent bystander

Am7 Cm Cm7 G Bb C D

Doesn’t your time fly by

Verse 2:

G Bb C D G Bb C D

Moody Richard, never had a thing to say

G Bb C D G Bb C D

But his silence didn’t matter anyway

G Bb C D G Bb C D

And his problem was an easy one to solve

G Bb C D G Bb C D

Moody Richard never really got involved

Chorus:

Cm7 Em

He was an innocent bystander

Cm7 Em

Watchin’ his time go by

Cm7 Em

Mister innocent bystander

Am7 Cm Cm7 G Bb C D

Doesn’t your time fly by

Bridge:

F#m Gm F#m

But he’s guilty of one crime

Fm Em Fm Em

Must he ruin your life and mine

F#m Gm F#m

For he’s always standing by

Fm Em Fm Em

In the corner of your eye

Cm7 Em Cm7 Em

Yes, he’s guilty, guilty

Chorus:

Cm7 Em

He was an innocent bystander

Cm7 Em

Watchin’ his time go by

Cm7 Em

Mister innocent bystander

Am7 Cm Cm7 G Bb C D

Doesn’t your time fly by

[Guitar Solo]

F#m7 Em7 F#m7 Em

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Cm7 Em Cm7 Em

| | |

F#m7 Em7 F#m7 Em

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Chorus:

Cm7 Em

He was an innocent bystander

Cm7 Em

Watchin’ his time go by

Cm7 Em

Mister innocent bystander

Am7 Cm Cdim B7 G Bb C D G Bb C D

Doesn’t your time fly by

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