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The Catholic Leader - Dan Kelly
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Email: illu[dot]215[at]gmail[dot][com]
Tuning: Standard
All chords are open except the ones that are annotated.
F chord with a (1) next to it is a primary barre chord.
F chord with a (2) next to it is a secondary barre chord.
C A# F C
This is a tale from the Great North region
C A# F C
Recounted to me by an old friend of mine
C A# F C
Well his Christian name was a little Norwegian
C A# A(1) C
I'm just pointing out that it's nothing like mine!
C A# A(1) C
He had a job as a young school sweeper
C A# A(1) C
At a Catholic school in a simpler time
C A# F C
He fell in love and then lord he fell deeper
C A# A(1)
With a Carmelite sister, she taught the kids mime
C F#m(1)
He told me 'She set fire to my ol' libider,
G
'doin the rounds with Sister Marita,
F#m(1)
all of the young priests couldn't believe her!
G A# F C
Read all about it in The Catholic Catholic Leader'
C
Sweepin' the school with his heart all a leapin'
A# F C
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
C
Readin the leaves looking for signs
A# F C
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
C
He took a chance with the borders all sleepin'
A# F C
("how long till I get mine?")
C
He climbed up the lattice through the jasmine vine
A# A(1) C
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
F#m(1)
She was framed in the window
In a papal wind cheater
G
His knees were knockin' like a Mormon team leader
F#m(1)
Under the moon the handyman freed her
G
Check it out it's in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
G
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
G A# F C
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
*Guitar solos* - During the solos:
C F#m(1) C (x4)
Listen for the timing on that.
After the solos:
F#m(1) G F#m(1) B(2) A# F C
C
Sunday morning and the whole congregation
A# F C
("how long till I get mine?")
C
Look in the paper and read the headline
A# F C
("how long till I get mine?")
C
Bosoms and ties all shake in consternation
A# F C
("how long till I get mine?")
C
'SISTER JAN AND THE HANDYMAN JUST CROSSED THE STATE LINE'
A# A(1) C
("how long till I get mine?")
F#m(1)
They left town in a beat up Cressida
G
Humming along to the tune of Aiida
F#m(1)
Flipped the tape to the best of The Breeders
G
They wrote about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
G
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
G A# F
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
C C#5 D5 D#5 E5 F5 F#5 G (all starting on the 6th string)
G#
They settled down in the Spring Brook Canyon
B5(optional)
Making it out under the Kauri pines
C(optional)
She traded the lord for a mortal companion
E(optional)
F different world and a simpler time...
A# F C
Singing 'how long 'til I get mine?'
C
F different world and a simpler time
A# F C
Singing 'how long 'till I get mine?'
C
F different world and a simpler time
A# F C
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
C
F different world and a simpler time
A# F C
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
C
F different world and a simpler time
A# F C
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
C
It was a different world and a simpler time
A# C
But tell me how long 'till I get mine?