...LULLABY FOR FRANCIS... ------------------------- by Ian Dury & The Blockheads ............................ *from 'Do It Yourself' (1979)* Intro: E F#m D (x3) Verse 1: A E Go to sleep now, Francies, A You've done all you can with the day. Safe and sound now, E Safe and sound now; that's a promise, A Abm You'll be welcome in the milky way. Chorus 1: F#m Tumble down, tired and true, B7 D E Spirit to restore; a balance is due. A D Go to sleep now, Francies, E A Close your eyes. Verse 2: A E Hang your thoughts up, shut the index, A It's time to impose a cur-few. E And you'll get up fresh and ready, A Abm With a hundred and one things to do. Chorus 2: F#m Drowsy now; here comes a space, B7 (n.C) D E Call a halt to the steeple chase. A D Go to sleep, Francies, E A Close your eyes. Bridge 1: D If your life or some old lover, E A Cause con-cern, D E A Or puzzle, or per-turb. D The more you discover; C#7 F#m The more you learn. B7 Go to sleep now... D E A Please do not dis-turb. Interlude: A E (x2) A, Abm Chorus 3: F#m Tumble down, tired and true, B7 D E Spirit to restore; a balance is due. A D Go to sleep now, Francies, E A Close your eyes. Coda: A D Go to sleep now, Francies, E A Close your eyes. A Go to sleep now, D A D E A Francies. A D E A Go to sleep. Outro: A, D E A, A D, E (Repeat E to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E F#m D A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 022100 244222 xx0232 x02220 Abm B7 A7 C#7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 466444 021200 x02223 x46464 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)