Patricia The Stripper
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From: alberter@gypsc.enet.dec.com (Digital Equipment GmbH, Munich, Germany) To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Cc: ALBERTER@VboRMC.vbo.dec.com Subject: CRD: Patricia The Stripper {Chris De Burgh}
Hi James,
this might be the first of a series of Chris De Burgh songs.
Thanks for putting it into the guitar tab archive.
kind regards, Ludwig
Patricia The Stripper
Words & Music: Chris De Burgh
F A7 Dennis is a menace with his 'anyone for tennis?'
Dm F7 and beseeching me to come and keep the score.
Bb Bbm And Maud say 'Oh Lord, I'm so terribly bored.
F Dm G7/D C7 I really can't stand it anymore.'
F A7 I'm going out to dinner with a gorgeous singer
Dm F7 to a little place I found down by the quay
Bb Bbm her name is Patricia, she calls herself Delicia
F Dm G9 and the reason isn't very hard to see.
C7 F A7 She says 'God made her a sinner just to keep fat man thinner
Dm F7 as they tumble down in heaps before her feet.
Bb Bbm They hang around in groups like battle weary troops
F Dm G9 one can often see them queue right down the street. C7 Bb A7 You see Patricia (or Delicia) not only is a singer
Dm G7 C7 she also removes all her clothing for
Bb C F Bb F Patricia is the best stripper in town.
F C7 F D7
And with a swing of her hips she started to strip
Gm C7
to tremendous applause she took of her drawers
F D7
and with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips
Dm C
and threw it all in the air - ev'rybody stared
Bb A7
and as the last piece of clothing fell on the floor
F D7
the police were banging on the door
Gm C F Bb
on a saturday night in nineteen-twentyfour.
F C7
Take it away boys.
F | D7 | Gm(7) | C7 | F | D7 | Gm C | F
{instrumental}
C7 F A7 But poor Patricia was arrested and everyone detested
Dm F7 the manner in which she was exposed Bb Bbm later on in court well everybody thought
F Dm G9 a summer run in jail would be proposed. C7 Bb A7 But the judge said 'Patricia, or may I say Delicia,
Dm G7 C7 the facts of this case lie before me case dismissed Bb C F Bb F this girl was in her working clothes.
And with a swing of her hips...
Bb A7
and as the last piece of clothing fell on the floor
F D7
the police were yelling at the door
Gm C7 F F7 D7
on a saturday night in nineteen-twentyfour -
Gm7 C7 F F7 Bb Bbm C7
on a saturday night in nineteen-twentyfour.
F7
Oh yeah.
{G9 = xx0201}
