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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.
C# chord with a (1) next to it is a primary barre chord.
C# chord with a (2) next to it is a secondary barre chord.
G# F# C# G#
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
G# F# A(1)
With a Carmelite sister, she taught the kids mime
G# 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
F# C# G#
(Singin' "how long till I get mine?")
G#
He took a chance with the borders all sleepin'
F# C# G#
("how long till I get mine?")
G#
He climbed up the lattice through the jasmine vine
F# A(1) G#
(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
F#m(1)
Under the moon the handyman freed her
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Check it out it's in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
D#
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
D# F# C# G#
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
*Guitar solos* - During the solos:
G# F#m(1) G# (x4)
Listen for the timing on that.
After the solos:
F#m(1) D# F#m(1) B(2) F# C# G#
G#
Sunday morning and the whole congregation
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("how long till I get mine?")
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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
F# C# G#
("how long till I get mine?")
G#
'SISTER JAN AND THE HANDYMAN JUST CROSSED THE STATE LINE'
F# A(1) G#
("how long till I get mine?")
F#m(1)
They left town in a beat up Cressida
D#
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
D#
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
F#m(1)
Read all about it in The Catholic Leader
D# F# C#
It's the inside story in the Sunday Catholic Leader
G# A5 A#5 B5 C5 C#5 D5 D# (all starting on the 6th string)
E
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)
C# different world and a simpler time...
F# C# G#
Singing 'how long 'til I get mine?'
G#
C# different world and a simpler time
F# C# G#
Singing 'how long 'till I get mine?'
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C# different world and a simpler time
F# C# G#
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
G#
C# different world and a simpler time
F# C# G#
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
G#
C# different world and a simpler time
F# C# G#
Singing ("how long 'till I get mine?")
G#
It was a different world and a simpler time
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But tell me how long 'till I get mine?