Lassie Come Home chords by Alphaville

Chords with lyrics

"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 majorC             A minorAm
             Lonely boy...
             E minorEm            G+G
People drifting...
             C majorC             A minorAm
There's a little...
             E minorEm            G+G
Painting portraits...
             Bb majorBb            FF
              Lovely lady smile
             C majorC             G+G
        I'm only operating...
      D MajorD      E minorEm            A minorAm
              This was authentic...
             E MajorE             DmDm
This was authentic...
             A minorAm            E MajorE
              He had no chance...
             G+G             D MajorD
It hit her...


(Chord structure of this stanza is the same as the last)
             C majorC             A minorAm
             In the park...
             E minorEm            G+G
on which she's giving...
             C majorC             A minorAm
They videoed...
             E minorEm            G+G
It rode an orange...
             Bb majorBb            FF
              Keep on riding, sir
             C majorC             G+G
Open up the door...
      D MajorD      E minorEm            A minorAm
              This was authentic...
             E MajorE             DmDm
This was authentic...
             A minorAm            E MajorE
              I had no chance...
             G+G             D MajorD
It hit her...

             C majorC             A minorAm
             Lonely girl...
             E minorEm            G+G
Lightning struck...
             C majorC             A minorAm
And now it's falling...
             E minorEm            G+G
Somewhere a telephone...
             Bb majorBb            FF
              Hello junkie...
             C majorC             G+G
Listen now...
      D MajorD      Bb majorBb            FF
              Keep on riding, sir
             C majorC             G+G
Open up the door...
      D MajorD      Bb majorBb            FF
              Lassie come home
             C majorC             G+G
              Oooh...
      D MajorD


Bb---F---C---G-D- repeats and fades to end.