Geno

C#  B  (x4)

C#            B                 C#         B
Back in sixty-eight in a sweaty club (oh Geno)
       C#                       B              C#     B
Before Jimmy's machine and the rocksteady rub    (oh Geno)
     B                         F#m
On a night when flowers didn't suit my shoes,
        B                    F#m
After a week of flunking anbd bunking school,
  B                    F#m
The lowest head in the crowd that night
     B                            F#m
Just practising steps and keeping out of fights.
 
A        E            B           F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
   A            E                 B                 F#
Ah but you were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A            E                 B               F#
And now just look at me as I’m looking down on you,
A          E                    B             F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
 
C#  B  (x2)
 
[Verse 2]
C#                B                             C#         B
That man took the stage, his towel was swinging high (oh Geno)
C#              B                     C#             B
This man was my bombers, my dexys, my high      (oh Geno)
        B                              F#m
Oh, the crowd they all hailed you, and chanted your name,
               B                          F#m
But they never knew, like we knew, me and you we’re the same,
    B                         F#m
And now you're all over, your song is so tame,
       B                                F#m
Brrrrrri, you fed me you bred me I'll remember your name,
 
A        E            B           F#
Academic inspiration, you gave me none,
A          E                B                F#
You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won,
A            E                   B               F#
But now just look at me as I'm a-looking down on you,
A          E                B                 F#
No I'm not being flash it's what I'm built to do.
 
A  B  F#  E  (x2)
A  B  C#
 
C#
 
     B    C#
Oh Geno,
     B
Woah Geno
 
(repeat to fade)