THE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE Murray & Callander Georgie Fame
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||: Bonnie and^Clyde ee e^were | prêtty looking ^peo ple ^But |
||: Bonnie and^Clyde ee e^ad | vanced^their repu ^ta tion ^And |
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| I^can^tell^you people (they^were^the) | ^dev il's ^chil l dren n |
| made^the^grad^u a^tion (in^to^the) | ^bank ing ^busi i ness s |
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| Bonnie and^Clyde ee e^be | gan^their evil ^do ing ^One |
| Reach^for the^sky yy y^sweet | talking Clyde^would ^hol ler ^As |
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| lazy after noon down^Sa | ^van nah ^way yy ~ ^They |
| Bonnie loaded dollars in^the | ^dew lap ^bag gg ~ ^Now |
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| ^robbed a ^store ee ~ ^and | high tailed outta that^town | nn nn nn ~ ^Got |
| ^one brave ^man nn ~ ^he | tried to take^em alone | ee ee ee ~ ^They |
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| ^clean a ^way yy in^a | ^sto len ^car rr ~ ^and | waited till^the heat di^ed |
| ^ left him ^Iy ing in^a | ^pool of ^blood dd ~ ^and | laughed^a bout^it all the^way |
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| down nn nn nn | ~ ~ /// :||
| home ee ee ee | ~ ~ /// | G7 /// | C7 / D7 / | C7 / D7 / | Eb7 D7 G / |
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| (Bon^nie^and) (Clyde^got^to) (be^pub^lic) (e^ne^my) | ^num ber ^one ee ee |
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| (Run^ning^and) (hid^ing^from) (ev^ry^A) (me^ri^can) | ^law mans ^gun nn nn |
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| ~they^used^to laugh^a^bout^dy.| y^ing gg gg gg | ~ but^deep^in side^em^they^knew.|
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| ww ww ww ww | ~ ^That prêtty (soon they'd be) | ly ing gg gg |
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| ~ beneath ^the ground^to gether |
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| (Push^ing^up) (dai^sies^to) (wel^come^the) (sun^and^the) |
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| ^morn ing ^dew ww ww | // // | ~ / ~ / / |
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| Acting upon nn n^re | liable in^for ^ma tion ^A | Federal depu tation laid^a |
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| ^dead ly ^am m bush ^when | Bonnie and^Clyde ee e^came |
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| walking in^the ^sun shine ^A | half^a dozen carbines opened | ^up on ^them mm / |
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| /// ~ ^they | lived^a^lot^to ^ge ther ^and | final ly^to (ge ther they) | died dd dd dd |
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| dd dd dd dd ||
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The Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde is performed by Georgie Fame and written by Murray & Callander.
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