Irene Wilde chords by Ian Hunter

Chords with lyrics

Irene Wilde - Ian Hunter Band

Taken from the live album Welcome to the Club. It's a piano piece but transfers to
acoustic nicely.

Intro/Pre-chord: G+G

   C majorC       G+G      A minorAm      E minorEm
When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream
  FF          G+G     C majorC        FF
At Barker Street Bus Station every night
    C majorC        G+G      A minorAm        E minorEm
When I tried to get it on she just looked at me with scorn
  FF         G+G        C majorC        FF   C majorC
My courage turned to fear and I took flight

     A minorAm          FF       G+G     C majorC
For those looks they seemed to say you ain’t nothin' go away
         A minorAm      FF     G+G         C majorC
You’re just some face in some crowd so I walked home and I vowed
     FF C majorC  FF     C majorC             FF  C majorC  FF
I'm gonna be somebody someday


  C majorC       G+G       A minorAm      E minorEm
Her name was Irene Wilde Oh such beauty for a child
     FF       G+G       C majorC        FF
When she started dating boys I nearly died
    C majorC        G+G      A minorAm       E minorEm
Well I could not barely stand seeing anyone hold her hand
 FF          G+G       C majorC        FF   C majorC
I thought I'd have to crawl away and hide


   A minorAm       FF      G+G      C majorC
In my mother's Sunday room I’d compose so many tunes
         A minorAm     FF       G+G        C majorC
They was all the same just a frame for the name and just to say
     FF C majorC  FF    C majorC      C majorC bridge
I'm gonna be somebody someday


A minorAm      FF      G+G         C majorC
Wild was your name, I soon left that country town
      A minorAm          FF
I’ve been around, I've seen some things,
        G+G          C majorC
I’ve seen some ups, I've seen some downs
A minorAm         FF      G+G         C majorC
Smile through your shock as you hear your name outloud
     A minorAm     FF
I’s that face in the crowd
     G+G          C majorC
I didn't dig it I'm much too proud

C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC FF


   C majorC       G+G      A minorAm        E minorEm
When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for that dream
  FF          G+G     C majorC         FF
At Barker street bus station non-affair
    C majorC         G+G     A minorAm       E minorEm
At the time it seemed so sad but it didn't turn out bad
    FF        G+G         C majorC      FF  C majorC
if she hadn't turned me down I'd still be there


    A minorAm        FF
Well I think most folks agree
     G+G          C majorC
A augmentedA little put-down makes them see
       A minorAm          FF
they aint the chain they're just a link
     G+G        C majorC
and thats why she made me think
     FF C majorC  FF   FF C majorC  FF   FF C majorC  FF     C majorC    FF C majorC  FF C majorC
I'm gonna be somebody, be somebody, be somebody – someday