Chords with lyrics
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C majorC Verse 1:
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C majorC I'm in love with Jeremy Brett.
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C majorC He was the single greatest Sherlock Holmes, yeah!
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C majorC In a series on the BBC
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C majorC I used to watch him here on a & e. Interlude:
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C majorC Hair slicked back and impeccably dressed.
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C majorC His only prop could be a single cigarette.
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C majorC He was an actor in the old regard,
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A augmentedA sort of dandy in the classic tradition,
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G+G a bon vivant filled with bouts of depression.
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G+G Verse 3:
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C majorC Sundown sunday, Kensington High Street
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C majorC in a cabretta with a floral scarf.
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C majorC London's yours, man! You got Macbeth tonight.
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A augmentedA scull in your hands in the fire light.
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G+G Tobacco and champagne and you're feelin alright!
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A augmentedA cab across town and a kiss goodnight.
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G+G Verse 4:
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C majorC He played a Holmes that was deep and dark with faults -
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C majorC richly complex and brilliantly detailed.
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A augmentedA "Damaged penguin" with genious intuition,
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C majorC animated spider with singular vision, Chorus:
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G+G whose only need was a case to consume him
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G+G to stave his addiction to a certain solution.
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G+G Verse 5:
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C majorC David Burke and Edward Hardwicke,
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C majorC played it perfect as his friend and companion.
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A augmentedA kind-hearted, affable Watson.
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C majorC Everyready with a loyal hand in Chorus:
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G+G any case that Holmes would command him.
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G+G I always felt Holmes couldn't do without him.
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G+G Interlude:
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C majorC Verse 6:
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C majorC Brett's wife died back '85,
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C majorC all the grief triggered manic depression.
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C majorC See it in his face, man - he was heavily grieving.
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G+G His heart grew thin and finally stopped beating. Chorus:
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G+G Oh, Jeremy Brett! I never knew you.
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G+G Oh, Jeremy, Darling! I dedicate this song to you!
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ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Jeremy Brett' by Poi Dog Pondering, artist. Poi Dog Pondering was born in 1985.