Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(Spoken):

 Blue Gene baby...

Skinny white sailor, the chances were slender,

 The beauties were brief.

 Shall I mourn your decline, with some Thunderbird wine,

 And a black hankercheif?

 I miss your sad, Virginia whisper.

 I miss the voice, that called my heart.

Sweet Gene Vincent,

Young and old and gone,

Sweet Gene Vincent.

  Who, who, who slapped John?

Interlude

(Faster Tempo):

Break

White face, black shirt, white socks, black shoes.

Black hair, white Strat, bled white, died black.

Verse 1

Sweet Gene Vincent,

 Let the blue cats roll to-night;

 At the sock hop ball, in the union hall,

 Where the bop is their de-light.

Verse 2

 Here come duck-tailed Danny, dragging Uncanny Annie,

 She's the one with the flying feet.

 You can break the peace, daddy sickle grease,

 The beat is reet com-plete.

Bridge 1

 And you jump back honey in the dungerees,

 Tight sweater and a pony tail;

 Will you guess her age, when she comes back stage?

 The hoodlums bite their nails.

Solo

Break

Black gloves, white frost, black crepe, white lead.

White sheet, black knight, jet black, dead white.

Verse 3

Sweet Gene Vincent,

 There's one in every town,

 And the Devil drives, 'till the hearse ar-rives,

 And you lay that pistol down.

Verse 4

Sweet Gene Vincent,

 There's nowhere left to hide.

 With lazy skin and ash-tray eyes;

 A perfo-rated pride.

Solo

Verse 5

 So farewell ma-demoi-selle, Knicker-bocker Hotel,

 Fare-well to money owed.

 But when your leg still hurts, and you need more shirts,

 You got to get back on the road.

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