Roxy Music – Do The Strand (Guitar)

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Chords

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1.    There´s a new sensation, a fabulous creation,

      D#    F#  G# G        D#     F# G# G   
    a danceable solution to teenage revolution.

    Bb     F             Bb       F
    Do the Strand, love ,when you feel love,

    G        D        F          C       D      E
    it´s the new way, that´s why we say, do the Strand.

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2.    Do it on the tables, Quaglino´s place or Mabel´s,

    Bb       F        Bb    F
    Slow and gentle,  sentimental.

    G          D            F              C
    All styles served here, Louis Seize we prefer,

            D        E
    laissez-faire Le Strand.

      D#    F# G#  G      D#     F#   G# G
3.    Tired of the tango, fed up with fandango,

    Bb       F          Bb       F
    dance on moonbeams, slide on rainbows,

       G       D               F         C
    in furs or blue jeans, you know what I mean,

    D      E      D
    do the Strand.
Solo; E D (about 9 times)
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4.    Had your fill of quadrilles, the madison and cheap thrills,

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    bored with the beguine, the samba isn´t your scene.

            Bb      F          Bb     F
    They´re playing our tune,  by the pale moon.

          G    D    F        C
    We´re incognito down the Lido,

           D        E
    and we like the Strand.

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5.    Arabs at oasis,  Eskimos and Chinese,

    Bb       F           Bb          F
     if you feel blue,  look through Who´s Who.

    G      D        F      C
    See La Goulue,  and Nijinsky,

    D       E
    do the Strandsky.

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6. Weary of the waltz,  and mashed potato schmaltz.

    Bb   F       Bb   F
    Rhododendron is a nice flower,

    G    D    F           C             D          E
    evergreen it lasts forever , but it can´t beat Strand power.

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    The Sphinx and Mona Lisa,  Lolita and Guernica,

    D# F# G#         G
    did the          Strand.