Al Stewart – Beleeka Doodle Day (Guitar)
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[Intro]
F Dm A Dm Dm F A
Dm A
[Verse 1]
F I could have gone to A Cambridge with Dm Lionel A Bb I think Dm I tried to raise a pound F Dm A Dm Just to see the university Bb Dm A And find the scenes she hung
around
F A Dm Is your mind a menagerie
Perhaps
Bb I mean it's hard to say Dm F A Dm A pterodactyl built its nest on me Bb G Dm I'm feeling strange but quite okay Bb G On this beleeka doodle day
Dm
[Verse 2]
Dm A Dm A Dm A Dm F Dm Archimedes and his orchestra Bb Dm Who loudly disapprove of life F Got mad when A I called them unmusical Bb And tried to land me with a wife F Out in San A Dm Francisco's
Wonderland
Bb Dm The purple poet kneels to pray A F But A Dm C I just hang around your city and Bb Bb G I don't have anything to say Dm Bb Bb Dm On this beleeka doodle day
[Instrumental]
A Dm Dm A D F
[Verse 3]
I had a week once in
Dm C Bb Italy with
Mike and
Dm A Robin and some songs F A I had a girl once in Dm C Sweden but Bb Dm I haven't seen her for too long A F I drifted down to the Dm Cousin's Inn Bb Dm The usual people were all there F A Dm F I saw a girl in the soft red light Bb Bm Dm I smiled but she looked away C Bb Bm Dm On my beleeka doodle day
[Instrumental]
Dm Am Dm A D F
[Verse 4]
I wrote a song just before the dawn
Bb And then Dm I lost it now it's gone F Dm I spent all day playing Dm Monopoly Bb Dm It seemed to feel like getting on F Sometimes A Dm I wonder how it feels to be Bb Paul Dm McCartney or the Queen F A Dm I wonder how they'd be if they were me Bb G Dm I think it's gonna start to rain Bb G On this beleeka doodle day
Dm
[Verse 5]
Dm Am Dm Am Dm A D F Or
Jack the
A Ripper and Dm C Hippocrates Bb Dm They're out to get me in the end F D C I think they'll find me by the ruins' trees Bb Dm Without a candle or a friend D F Dm C Then they'll bring me to the wizard's cave Bb Dm And softly mold me into clay F A Dm C And lock me in with no telephone Bb Dm And laugh and throw the keys away Bb Bm Dm On my beleeka doodle day
[Verse 6]
Am Dm Am Dm A Dm F And so to every land A C Bb Dm I would like to give my thanks for lending me your room F A I stayed one night but Dm C I had to go Bb I think Dm I'll maybe come back soon A F Of all the girls that A I have ever known C Bb Dm There wasn't one who didn't play F A They came and went just like the newspapers Bb G And left me here to find my way Dm Bb G Dm Through my beleeka doodle Day