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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.
D# chord with a (1) next to it is a primary barre chord.
D# chord with a (2) next to it is a secondary barre chord.
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This is a tale from the Great North region
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Recounted to me by an old friend of mine
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Well his Christian name was a little Norwegian
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I'm just pointing out that it's nothing like mine!
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He had a job as a young school sweeper
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At a Catholic school in a simpler time
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He fell in love and then lord he fell deeper
A# G# A(1)
With a Carmelite sister, she taught the kids mime
A# F#m(1)
He told me 'She set fire to my ol' libider,
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'doin the rounds with Sister Marita,
F#m(1)
all of the young priests couldn't believe her!
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Read all about it in The Catholic Catholic Leader'
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Sweepin' the school with his heart all a leapin'
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(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
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Readin the leaves looking for signs
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(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
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He took a chance with the borders all sleepin'
G# D# A#
("how long till I get mine?")
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He climbed up the lattice through the jasmine vine
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(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
F#m(1)
She was framed in the window
In a papal wind cheater
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His knees were knockin' like a Mormon team leader
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Under the moon the handyman freed her
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Check it out it's in The Catholic Leader
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Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
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Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
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It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
*Guitar solos* - During the solos:
A# F#m(1) A# (x4)
Listen for the timing on that.
After the solos:
F#m(1) F F#m(1) B(2) G# D# A#
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Sunday morning and the whole congregation
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("how long till I get mine?")
A#
Look in the paper and read the headline
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("how long till I get mine?")
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Bosoms and ties all shake in consternation
G# D# A#
("how long till I get mine?")
A#
'SISTER JAN AND THE HANDYMAN JUST CROSSED THE STATE LINE'
G# A(1) A#
("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
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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
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It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
A# B5 C5 C#5 D5 D#5 E5 F (all starting on the 6th string)
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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)
D# different world and a simpler time...
G# D# A#
Singing 'how long 'til I get mine?'
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D# different world and a simpler time
G# D# A#
Singing 'how long 'till I get mine?'
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D# different world and a simpler time
G# D# A#
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
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D# different world and a simpler time
G# D# A#
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
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D# different world and a simpler time
G# D# A#
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
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It was a different world and a simpler time
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But tell me how long 'till I get mine?