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Key: Em
Verse :
Emadd9 C
Salty foam, your daddy's most
Emadd9 C
Classic pin-up of the California coast
Emadd9 C
I couldn't trust your heavy stare
Emadd9 C
The poly-cotton all circles and squares
Emadd9
You didn't drown in the water
C
While the dollars fell like rain
Emadd9
You looked in that blue mirror but
C
You couldn't put a toe in
Emadd9
Is it you ooh Eugene?
C
Is it you ooh Eugene?
Emadd9 C
I didn't know you were part of me
Emadd9 C
Straight part, ironed crease
Emadd9 C
Looking out on an empty beach
Emadd9 C
Cruel stage for a cage
Emadd9 C
All the colours are pastel and peach
Emadd9
You didn't drown in the water
C
Or in the moron rhyme
Emadd9
Or in the paint that's flakin' off
C
The Hollywood sign
Emadd9
Is it you ooh Eugene?
C
Is it you ooh Eugene?
Emadd9 C
I never knew you were part of me
Emadd9
Holding me up, putting me down
C
Holding me up, putting you down
Emadd9
Holding you up, putting you down
C
Holding you up, putting you down
Emadd9
Pulling you up, pulling you down
C
Pulling you up
Emadd9 C
Box of sand, walls of slime
Emadd9 C
All your ivory in a never-ending line
Emadd9 C
Signing your name time went slow
Emadd9 C
Thinkin' 'bout how your brother had to go
Emadd9
You didn't drown in the water
C
I know you wanted to
Emadd9
Can you promise me you'll talk to me
C
When your name's read in the news?
Emadd9
Is it you ooh Eugene?
C
Is it you ooh Eugene?
Emadd9
I didn't know you were part of me
C
Is it you ooh Eugene?
Emadd9
Is it you ooh Eugene?
C
I never knew you were part of me
Emadd9
Holding me up, putting me down
C
Holding me up, putting you down
Emadd9
Holding you up, putting you down
C
Holding you up, putting you down
Emadd9
Pulling you up, pulling you down
C
Pulling you up
D C Am
Boot on my neck gives a tight squeeze
D C Am
What is hiding on the summer breeze?
D C Am
Shine of salty sweat, who will you be?
D C Am
Surf Safari or my Eugene?
D C Am
Boot on my neck gives a release
D C Am
What is hiding under the dream?
D C Am
Face on an old LP who will you be?
D C Am
God Only Knows or my Eugene?
D C Am
Boot on my neck gives a tight squeeze
D C Am
What is hiding on the summer breeze?
D C Am
Shine of salty sweat, who will you be?
D C Am
Sailor Sloop John B or my Eugene?
Song History
Published: February 14, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025