Reminisce Pt 1 chords by Dexys Midnight Runners
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: C
* always strum once
Intro:
N.C.
Hey, does anybody remember '82?
N.C.
(Yeah, yeah, I remember it) - You do? - (Sure, yeah)
N.C.
I mean, can I reminisce? - (Sure, go ahead, go on)
N.C.
You don't mind or anything? - (If you want to)
N.C.
Can I get personal? - (Sure, do what you wanna do)
N.C.
It's not to offend anybody or, you wouldn't object or anything? - (Why should it?)
N.C.
You sure? - (Come on, yeah, do what you want, go on) - Okay - one, two
Verse:
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Yeah! - uh!
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Let me go back further, let me go back further if I may
C
(Yeah, please do, go on, yeah)
Dm7 G C
It was, um - it was a rainy afternoon
Dm7
It was two, maybe three months ago, I
G
I first started to reminisce, I first
C
I first started to reflect, you know
Dm7 G
I was walking by the Thames at the time and I
C
I started to think about the summer of 1980
Dm7 G C
So what I did, I wrote this down on a piece of lined white paper
Dm7
While I still felt strong about it
G
Here's what I recall
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C
It was August 1980
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I was searching for the spirit of Brendan Behan in the bars of Dublin
C
Uh, I mean, at this point, you know, I had a
Dm7 G
I had a bit of a reputation as something of a searcher
C
(I see, I see)
Dm7
Yeah, yeah, I mean, I still have for that matter, but perhaps even more at this point
G C
Anyway, I went from one bar to another
Dm7
Uh, I mean, I started off with a couple of friends, but, uh
G C
After a short while, I think they just decided to abandon the search
Dm7
Well, you know how it is, they probably had other plans or something
G
(Sure, uh-huh, yeah)
C
But I mean, me, I carried on, you know, I was determined, I
Dm7
I went from one bar to another
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I went, I went to Brannigan's, I went to Flanagan's
G C
You know, like in the song, you know, the one about the donkey, you know that one?
Dm7
(Yeah, I've heard it, I've heard it, oh, yeah, yeah) - I mean, like, 'cause
G C
The thing is, I - I've gotta confess, you know
Dm7
At this point, I wasn't feeling on top of the world, you know - (No?)
G
No, frankly, no, no, sir
C
(In other words, you wasn't exactly laughing)
Dm7 G
I mean, I wasn't exactly walking down the road with a spring in my step
C
You know, happy-go-lucky wasn't, wasn't my middle name
Dm7
(I know what you mean)
G C
I mean, I'd heard that blind man, that man with the glasses on - I heard him singing
Dm7
Um, I didn't like the song, you understand
G
(Of course, yeah, no, right)
C
No, but I did know what he meant about the higher ground
Dm7
I knew what he meant about the higher ground
G C
(You did?) - I did, yeah - (You understood)
Dm7 G
So anyway, I, I went into this one bar - I can't remember the name of it, it doesn't really matter now, but
C
I, you know, by this time, I was getting
Dm7
I was getting really impatient
G C
So I plucked up the courage to ask somebody and
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And I noticed a man, he was, uh, probably in his early thirties, he was
C
He was well-built, he had
Dm7 G
Ginger hair and a big, fierce, powerful face
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Ah, he looks like the type who'd know, I thought - (Yeah)
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"Excuse me, do you know where I can find the spirit of Brendan Behan," said I
Dm7
"Brendan Behan?" said he
G
"Yes," said I
C
"New York," said he
Dm7
"New York" said I
G C
"New York," he said again quickly
Dm7 G
(New York?) - Yeah - (Why, man, that's three thousand miles due west) - Yeah
C
(I mean, you was on the wrong side of the world) - I know, I know
Dm7 G
(Oh, so what did you do?)
C
Well, what could I do?
Dm7
I just got out of there, I put my coat on
G C
I got out of there, I walked straight out of there and I
Dm7 G
I walked down the road and I started to sing
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Oo-oo-oo-oooooo
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Oo-oo-oo-oooooo
C Dm7 G
Oo-woooh
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Oo-oo-woooh, said, oh
C Dm7
Oo-oo-oo-oooooo
G C
Don't matter much lately
Dm7
Don't, don't matter much lately
G C
It d---on't, no
Dm7
It doesn't matter much
G C
Ooh, ooh
Dm7 G
Oo-oo-oo-oooooo
C Dm7 G
Oo-oo-oo-oooooo
C
It doesn't matter, don't matter
Dm7 G
It doesn't matter, who matters?
C Dm7
It don't matter, don't matter much lately
G
(No?) - No
C
(No?) - No
C
(No?) - No
Dm7
(No?) - No
G
(No?) - No
C
(No?) - No
(C)
It don't matter, it don't
Dm7 G C*
Oo-oo-ooo oo-oo-ooo
|N.C.
Outro:
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Ow, ow, mmm, ooo
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Ooo - (It don't matter, it don't matter)
C
Aaa - (It don't matter)
Dm7 G
Ooo - (It don't matter)
C
Oh - (It don't matter)
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(It don't matter) - Sing
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Aaaw!
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Aaaw!
C
(It don't matter)
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And then, you know, there's always, uh - (It don't matter)
C
One or two things to be learned - (It don't matter)
Dm7
To be learned from an experience like this - (It don't matter)
G C
And I, I, uh - (It don't matter)
Dm7
Um, I know one thing - (It don't matter)
G
(What's that?)
C
Ken Livingstone is a folk hero
Dm7
(What are you talking about?)
G
You know what I'm talking about
C
(I don't know what your talking bout) - You know what I'm saying
Dm7
I'm making perfect sense - (That's rubbish) - You're the one who's coming out - (That's crap, man)
G C
You know what I'm saying (It don't matter) - (No, I don't know what you're talking about)
Dm7 G
It's the truth, it's the truth, oh, yes - (It don't matter)
C
(It don't matter)
Dm7 G
(It don't matter)
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