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Eileen by Jonathan Kelly
Tuning: DADGBE
D          F#m                                Bm
Eileen, don’t yBm7ou remember, don’t you remember me?
G2                           D
I was your secret boyA7friend, when you were just seventeen
D                F#m
Eileen my sister was right wBm7hen she said we could never be
G2               D         A
I Dwas Dsus4all in Dorange, but you were all in green
	              G1					                                                D  
Ah Dsus4but I lDoved you, pure and sweet as a mountain stream,
		              G1				                                                 D  
Ah but I loved you soft as the rain on the cobbled street
A2You could never tell your mother about me (ba da da da dum)Bm  
A2Your brother would have come to sort me out (ba da da da dum)Bm  
A2And though you were the sweetest thing that I had ever seenBm  
Em7It would always come down,A7  
Em7it would always come down,A7  
			                            Em7  	A7(no chord)
It DmDsus4ust alwDays come down to the orange and the green
At nights we sat by your gas fire, music on the radio
Our favourite was the Merseybeats’ ‘We’ve Got a Groovy Kind of Love.’
Then we’d lie on your bed and we’d kiss, and we’d kiss and we’d kiss some more
Clandestine lovers, with no place to go
Ah but I loved you, pure and sweet as a mountain stream,
Ah but I loved you soft as the rain on the cobbled street
The last time that we met I knew it was over (ba da da da dum)
I could see the sad resignation in your eyes (ba da da da dum)
Just made you look more beautiful, so contrite and serene
‘Cos it must always come down,
It must always come down,
It must always come down to the orange and the green
Suppose you got married, got children, grandchildren now I guess
Suppose your life’s been good to you
I hope that you’ve been blessed.
I’m sending out this message to you Eileen just to make you smile
And remember a sad-faced ragged boy, that you once loved for a while
Ah but I loved you, pure and sweet as a mountain stream,
Ah but I loved you soft as the rain on the cobbled street
It’s forty years on since we walked together
Hand in hand down O’Connell Street
The world has changed a lot since then but enough as I have seen
‘Cos still it always comes down
Still it always comes down,
It still always comes down to the orange and the green.
Eileen, don’t you remember, don’t you remember me...?
D      F#m     Bm     Bm7     G2
    G1	    	     A2  Em7  
2	      2           	2	       2	          3	        0	        3	       5	       0
3	      2           	3	       3	          3	        2	        0	       5	       3
2	      2	           4	       4	          4	        0	        0	       6	       0
0      	4           	4       	4	          5         2	        0	       7	       2
0       4	           2	       0         	 5        	0	        2	       7	       2
0      	X         	 X	       X           X        	X	       X	       X	       X

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Eileen

by Jonathan Kelly

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Bm7

Dsus4

Em7

Eileen by Jonathan Kelly

Tuning: DADGBE

D F#m Bm

Bm7

Eileen, don’t you remember, don’t you remember me?

G2 D

I was your secret boyfriend, when you were just seventeen

D F#m

Bm7

Eileen my sister was right when she said we could never be

G2 D A

D Dsus4 D

I was all in orange, but you were all in green

Dsus4 D

Ah but I loved you, pure and sweet as a mountain stream,

Ah but I loved you soft as the rain on the cobbled street

A2 Bm

You could never tell your mother about me (ba da da da dum)

A2 Bm

Your brother would have come to sort me out (ba da da da dum)

A2 Bm

And though you were the sweetest thing that I had ever seen

Em7 A7

It would always come down,

Em7 A7

it would always come down,

Em7 A7

(no chord)

D Dsus4 D

It must always come down to the orange and the green

At nights we sat by your gas fire, music on the radio

Our favourite was the Merseybeats’ ‘We’ve Got a Groovy Kind of Love.’

Then we’d lie on your bed and we’d kiss, and we’d kiss and we’d kiss some more

Clandestine lovers, with no place to go

Ah but I loved you, pure and sweet as a mountain stream,

Ah but I loved you soft as the rain on the cobbled street

The last time that we met I knew it was over (ba da da da dum)

I could see the sad resignation in your eyes (ba da da da dum)

Just made you look more beautiful, so contrite and serene

‘Cos it must always come down,

It must always come down,

It must always come down to the orange and the green

Suppose you got married, got children, grandchildren now I guess

Suppose your life’s been good to you

I hope that you’ve been blessed.

I’m sending out this message to you Eileen just to make you smile

And remember a sad-faced ragged boy, that you once loved for a while

Ah but I loved you, pure and sweet as a mountain stream,

Ah but I loved you soft as the rain on the cobbled street

It’s forty years on since we walked together

Hand in hand down O’Connell Street

The world has changed a lot since then but enough as I have seen

‘Cos still it always comes down

Still it always comes down,

It still always comes down to the orange and the green.

Eileen, don’t you remember, don’t you remember me...?

D F#m Bm Bm7 G2

A2 Em7

2 2 2 2 3 0 3 5 0

3 2 3 3 3 2 0 5 3

2 2 4 4 4 0 0 6 0

0 4 4 4 5 2 0 7 2

0 4 2 0 5 0 2 7 2

0 X X X X X X X X

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