Kirsty Maccoll
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UkeTunes Kirsty MacColl They Don’t Know 3 A New England 4 There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis 5 He’s On The Beach 6 Fairytale Of New York 7 Miss Otis Regrets 8 Free World 9 Innocence 10 You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby 11 Days 12 Don’t Come The Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim 13 Walking Down Madison 14 My Affair 16 Angel 18 Titanic Days 19 Can’t Stop Killing You 20 Caroline 21 Perfect Day 22 Terry 23 Soho Square 24 In These Shoes 25 NOTE: All songs and chords assume a GCEA tuned ukulele. These song sheets are my best attempt at transcribing the songs, but may not be totally accurate. DISCLAIMER: All song sheets in this book are intended for private, educational, and research purposes only and not for financial gain in any form. It is acknowledged that all song copyrights belong to their respective parties. (v1.0) Galore++, Kirsty Macoll (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 2 UkeTunes {Original in B} They Don’t Know { Kirsty MacColl } Intro : [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] You've been around for such a [F] long time now, Or maybe [Dm] I could leave you, but I [G] don't know how [C] And why should I be lonely [F] every night, When I can [Dm] be with you, oh yes, you [G] make it right And I [F] don't listen to the [G] guys who say, That you're [C] bad for me, and I should [F] turn away 'Cos [C] they don't [Dm] know about [Em] us, [G] And [F] they've never [Bb] heard of [C] love [C] I get a feeling when I [F] look at you, Wherever [Dm] you go now, I wanna [G] be there too [C] They say we're crazy, but I [F] just don't care, And if they [Dm] keep on talking, still they [G] get nowhere So I [F] don't mind if they don't [G] understand, When I [C] look at you, and you [F] hold my hand. 'Cos, [C] they don't [Dm] know about [Em] us, [G] And [F] they've never [Bb] heard of [C] love [Am] Why should it [Bb] matter to us if [F] they don't ap-[G]-prove? [Am] .. We should just [Bb] take our chances while [F] we've got nothing to <G>lose<G> <G><G> <G><G> … <G> <G> [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] <G><G> <G><G> <G><G> Baby! [C] There's no need for living [F] in the past, Now I [Dm] found good loving, gonna [G] make it last [C] I tell the others, don't [F] bother me, 'Cos when they [Dm] look at you, they don't see [G] what I see No, I [F] don't listen to their [G] wasted lines, Got my [C] eyes wide open, and I [F] see the signs But [C] they don't [Dm] know about [Em] us, [G] And [F] they've never [Bb] heard of [C] love No, I [F] don't listen to their [G] wasted lines, Got my [C] eyes wide open, and I [F] see the signs But [C] they don't [Dm] know about [Em] us, [G] And [F] they've never [Bb] heard of [C] love [F] / [Bb] / [C] / / / [F] / <Bb><Bb><Bb> <C> (v1.0) Galore++, Kirsty Macoll (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 3 UkeTunes A New England { Billy Bragg } Intro: [C] / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [C] / [G] / | / / / / | [F] / [C] / | / / / / | I was [C] twenty-one years when I wrote this song I'm [G] twenty-two now but I [Am] won't be for long [F] People ask me when will I grow [C] up to understand Why the [G] girls I knew at school are al-[F]-ready pushing prams [C] / / / | / / / / | I [C] loved you then as I love you still Though I [G] put you on a pedestal, you [Am] put me on the pill I [F] don't feel bad about [C] letting you go I [G] just feel sad about [F] letting you know [F] / / / | [F] I don't want to change the [C] world, I'm not looking for a new [Am] England Are you [F] looking for another [E] girl / / / | [G] / / / | <F> I don't [F] want to change the [C] world, I'm not looking for a new [Am] England Are you [F] looking for another [C] girl / [G] / | / / / / | [F] / [C] / | / / / / | I [C] loved the words you wrote to me But [G] that was bloody [Am] yesterday I [F] can't survive on [C] what you send [G] Every time you [F] need a friend [C] / / / | / / / / | I [C] saw two shooting stars last night I [G] wished on them, but [Am] they were only satellites It’s [F] wrong to wish on [C] space hardware I [G] wish, I wish, I [F] wish you'd care [F] / / / | [F] I don't want to change the [C] world, I'm not looking for a new [Am] England Are you [F] looking for another [E] girl / / / | [G] / / / | <F> I don't [F] want to change the [C] world, I'm not looking for a new [Am] England Are you [F] looking for another [Bb] girl / / / | [Eb] / / / | [Bb] Aah aah [Eb] aah aah, [Bb] Aah aah [Eb] aah aah, [Bb] Aah aah [Eb] aah aah [Bb] Aah aah [Eb] aah aah, [Bb] Aah aah [Eb] aah aah, [Bb] Aah Ooh [Bb] ooh ooh My [D] dreams were full of strange ideas My [A] mind was set des-[Bm]-pite the fears But [G] other things got [D] in the way I [A] never asked that [G] boy to stay-[D]-ay / / / | / / / / | [D] Once upon a time at home, I [A] sat beside the [Bm] telephone [G] Waiting for someone to [D] pull me through When at [A] last it didn't ring, I [G] knew it wasn't ... [G] you / / / | [G] I don't want to change the [D] world, I'm not looking for a new [Bm] England Are you [G] looking for another [F#] girl / / / | [A] / / / | <G> I don't [G] want to change the [D] world, I'm not looking for a new [Bm] England Are you [G] looking for another… <G> I don't [G] want to change the [D] world, I'm not looking for a new [Bm] England Are you [G] looking for another [D] girl, [G] looking for another [D] girl [G] Looking for another [D] girl, [G] looking for another [D] girl / / / | [G] / / / | [D] / / / | [G] / / / | [D] Girl / / / | [G] / / / | [D] / / / | [G] / / / | [D] Girl / / / | [G] / / / | [D] / / / | [G] / / / | <D> (v1.0) Galore++, Kirsty Macoll (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 4 UkeTunes There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis { Kirsty MacColl, Philip Rambow } Intro: [E] / / / | [A] / / / | / / / / | Oh [A] darling why d'you talk so fast Another evening just flew past to-[E]-night And now the daybreak's coming in And I can't win and it ain't [A] right You tell me all you've done and seen And all the places you have been with-[D]-out me Well I don't really want to know But [A] I'll stay quiet and then I'll go And [E] you won't have no cause to think a-[A]-bout me There's a [A] guy works down the [D] chip shop [E] swears he's [A] Elvis Just [D] like you swore to me that you'd be [E] true There's a [A] guy works down the [D] chip shop [E] swears he's [F#m] Elvis /// [D] /// But [A] he's a liar and [E] I'm not sure about [A] you /// | //// Oh [A] darling you're so popular You were the best thing new in [E] Hicksville With your mohair suits and foreign shoes News is you changed your pick-up for a [A] Seville And now I'm lying here alone 'Cause you're out there on the phone to some star in New [D] York I can hear you laughing now And [A] I can't help feeling that somehow You [E] don't mean anything you say at [A] all There's a [A] guy works down the [D] chip shop [E] swears he's [A] Elvis Just [D] like you swore to me that you'd be [E] true There's a [A] guy works down the [D] chip shop [E] swears he's [F#m] Elvis /// [D] /// But [A] he's a liar and [E] I'm not sure about [A] you /// | //// [A] / / / | [D] / [E] / | [A] / / / | / / / / | [D] / / / | / / / / | [E] / / / | / / / / | [A] / / / | [D] / [E] / | [F#m] / / / | [D] / / / | [A] / / / | [E] / / / / | [A] / / / | / / / / | There's a [A] guy works down the [D] chip shop [E] swears he's [A] Elvis (uh-huh-huh) Just [D] like you swore to me that you'd be [E] true There's a [A] guy works down the [D] chip shop [E] swears he's [F#m] Elvis // [D] /// But [A] he's a liar and [E] I'm not sure about [A] you /// | /// I said [A] he's a liar and [E] I'm not sure about [A] you // (uh-huh-huh) // I said [A] he's a liar and [E] I'm not sure about [F#m] you /// | [D] /// [A] He's a liar and [E] I'm not sure about [A] you /// | // <A> (v1.0) Galore++, Kirsty Macoll (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 5 UkeTunes {Capo 2 - original in B} He’s On The Beach { Kirsty MacColl, Gavin Povey } Intro: [Bb] / / / | / / [F] / | [Bb] / / / | / / [F] / | [Bb] / / / | / / [F] / | [Bb] / / / | / / [F] / | [Bb] He was just a friend of mine I'd [F] run into from time to time [Gm] Long before he moved away we [Eb] used to share a taste for wi-i-i-[Bb]-ine Still I never [F] knew that he was sad .