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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.
E chord with a (1) next to it is a primary barre chord.
E chord with a (2) next to it is a secondary barre chord.
B A E B
This is a tale from the Great North region
B A E B
Recounted to me by an old friend of mine
B A E B
Well his Christian name was a little Norwegian
B A A(1) B
I'm just pointing out that it's nothing like mine!
B A A(1) B
He had a job as a young school sweeper
B A A(1) B
At a Catholic school in a simpler time
B A E B
He fell in love and then lord he fell deeper
B A A(1)
With a Carmelite sister, she taught the kids mime
B F#m(1)
He told me 'She set fire to my ol' libider,
F#
'doin the rounds with Sister Marita,
F#m(1)
all of the young priests couldn't believe her!
F# A E B
Read all about it in The Catholic Catholic Leader'
B
Sweepin' the school with his heart all a leapin'
A E B
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
B
Readin the leaves looking for signs
A E B
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
B
He took a chance with the borders all sleepin'
A E B
("how long till I get mine?")
B
He climbed up the lattice through the jasmine vine
A A(1) B
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
F#m(1)
She was framed in the window
In a papal wind cheater
F#
His knees were knockin' like a Mormon team leader
F#m(1)
Under the moon the handyman freed her
F#
Check it out it's in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F# A E B
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
*Guitar solos* - During the solos:
B F#m(1) B (x4)
Listen for the timing on that.
After the solos:
F#m(1) F# F#m(1) B(2) A E B
B
Sunday morning and the whole congregation
A E B
("how long till I get mine?")
B
Look in the paper and read the headline
A E B
("how long till I get mine?")
B
Bosoms and ties all shake in consternation
A E B
("how long till I get mine?")
B
'SISTER JAN AND THE HANDYMAN JUST CROSSED THE STATE LINE'
A A(1) B
("how long till I get mine?")
F#m(1)
They left town in a beat up Cressida
F#
Humming along to the tune of Aiida
F#m(1)
Flipped the tape to the best of The Breeders
F#
They wrote about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F# A E
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
B C5 C#5 D5 D#5 E5 F5 F# (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)
E different world and a simpler time...
A E B
Singing 'how long 'til I get mine?'
B
E different world and a simpler time
A E B
Singing 'how long 'till I get mine?'
B
E different world and a simpler time
A E B
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
B
E different world and a simpler time
A E B
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
B
E different world and a simpler time
A E B
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
B
It was a different world and a simpler time
A B
But tell me how long 'till I get mine?