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Tom Courtenay

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[Verse 1]
AJulie Christie, the rumors are truC#me
As the F#mpages turn, my eyes are gluEed
To the mAovie star and his sordid lC#mife
F#mMr. X and his old-suffering wEife
I spent sAo much time dreaming about Eleanor BrC#mon
In my room with the curtains dF#mrawn
See her in the arms of EPaul
Say it, I can say no Dmore
[Verse 2]
As the mAusic swells somehow stronger from adC#mversity
Our hero finds his inner pF#meace
So now I'm looking for a lucky chEarm
With a Dneedle hanging out of its arm
[Interlude]
A C#m F#m E D
[Bridge]
As Atime goes by I know it's gonna happen
I C#mknow it's going away
Gonna F#mtake its toll, gonna tEake its toll
Gonna take my tDime
And I'm Dmthinking about the way things are
And I'm tAhinking about the way things were, C#mThinking about Eleanor Bron
F#mAnd I'm thinking about a lucky charm
AEnd I'm thinking about the needle
ODh, I'm thinking about the needle
AAnd I'm thinking about...
[Outro]
C#m F#m E D

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Tom Courtenay

by Yo La Tengo

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C#m

F#m

[Verse 1]

A C#m

Julie Christie, the rumors are true

F#m E

As the pages turn, my eyes are glued

A C#m

To the movie star and his sordid life

F#m E

Mr. X and his old-suffering wife

A C#m

I spent so much time dreaming about Eleanor Bron

F#m

In my room with the curtains drawn

See her in the arms of Paul

Say it, I can say no more

[Verse 2]

A C#m

As the music swells somehow stronger from adversity

F#m

Our hero finds his inner peace

So now I'm looking for a lucky charm

With a needle hanging out of its arm

[Interlude]

A C#m F#m E D

[Bridge]

As time goes by I know it's gonna happen

C#m

I know it's going away

F#m E

Gonna take its toll, gonna take its toll

Gonna take my time

And I'm thinking about the way things are

A C#m

And I'm thinking about the way things were, Thinking about Eleanor Bron

F#m

And I'm thinking about a lucky charm

And I'm thinking about the needle

Oh, I'm thinking about the needle

And I'm thinking about...

[Outro]

C#m F#m E D

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