Shakin' Stevens – Green Door (Guitar)

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#1 in UK on EPIC Records in 1981 (A great cover of Jim Lowe's #1 hit in 1956.) INTRO: E CHORUS:

E         A                      E
Midnight, one more night without sleepin'.

A                                 E
watchin', till that morning comes creepin'.

B7                                    E
Green door, what's that secret you're keepin'?

#1.

E                             A
There's an old piano and they play it hot

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

           A
Don't know what they're doin' but they laugh a lot

           E
behind the green door. (ooh, the green door)

            B7                   A
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

#2.

E             A                     E
Knocked once, tried to tell 'em I'd been there.

A                           E
Door slammed, hospitality's thin there.

B7                             E
Wonderin' just what's goin' on in there.

#3.

E                                A
Saw an eyeball peepin' through a smoky cloud

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

       A
When I said, Joe sent me, someone laughed out loud

           E
behind the green door. (ooh, the green door)

      B7                     A
All I want to do is join the happy crowd 

           E
behind the green door.

INTERLUDE: | E | E | E | E7 | | A | A | E | E | | B7 | A | E | E | CHORUS:

E         A                      E
Midnight, one more night without sleepin'.

A                                 E
watchin', till that morning comes creepin'.

B7                                    E
Green door, what's that secret you're keepin'?

#4.

E                             A
There's an old piano and they play it hot

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

           A
Don't know what they're doin' but they laugh a lot

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

            B7                   A
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

OUTRO:

E                                A
Saw an eyeball peepin' through a smoky cloud

           E
behind the green door. (green door)

       A
When I said, Joe sent me, someone laughed out loud

           E
behind the green door. (Ha ha! Whoo!)

      B7                     A
All I want to do is join the happy crowd behind

           E
behind the green door (green door)

            B7                   A
Wish they'd let me in so I could find out what's

           E
behind the green door. (the green door)

      B7                     A
All I want to do is join the happy crowd behind

           E
behind the green door... (fade)

A fifties/eighties smash from Kraziekhat.