"Lassie Come Home" by Alphaville, from their album _Afternoons_in_Utopia_. Good for solo performance by a fire on the beach. Copyright 1986 WEA Musik GmbH _Afternoons_in_Utopia_ is an Atlantic Records title, cat. no. 81667-2 Suggested strum rhythm: 1---2---3---4--- d--ud--d-d-ud--u Variations throughout the song are advised. (The recording has a lengthy introduction whose chord structure is identical to the rest of the song. It is omitted here.) C Am Lonely boy... Em G People drifting... C Am There's a little... Em G Painting portraits... Bb F Lovely lady smile C G I'm only operating... D Em Am This was authentic... E Dm This was authentic... Am E He had no chance... G D It hit her...
(Chord structure of this stanza is the same as the last) C Am In the park... Em G on which she's giving... C Am They videoed... Em G It rode an orange... Bb F Keep on riding, sir C G Open up the door... D Em Am This was authentic... E Dm This was authentic... Am E I had no chance... G D It hit her... C Am Lonely girl... Em G Lightning struck... C Am And now it's falling... Em G Somewhere a telephone... Bb F Hello junkie... C G Listen now... D Bb F Keep on riding, sir C G Open up the door... D Bb F Lassie come home C G Oooh... D Bb---F---C---G-D- repeats and fades to end.