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Uncle Arthur by David Bowie
Uncle Arthur
-there is only two parts- the second part is only played the second time,
the first part is played all three times.
part 1
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part 2
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Strikes the bell for 5 o'clock, Uncle Arthur closes shop
Screws the tops on all the bottles, turns the lights out, locks it up
Climbs across his bike and he's away
Cycles past the gasworks, past the river, down the high street
Back to mother, it's another empty day
Uncle Arthur likes his mummy
Uncle Arthur still reads comics
Uncle Arthur follows Batman
Round and round the rumours fly, how he ran away from Mum
On his 32nd birthday, told her that he'd found a chum
Mother cried and raved and yelled and fussed
Arthur left her no illusion, brought the girl round, save confusion
Sally was the real thing, not just lust
Uncle Arthur vanished quickly
Uncle Arthur and his new bride
Uncle Arthur follows Sally
Round and round goes Arthur's head, hasn't eaten well for days
Little Sally may be lovely, but cooking leaves her in a maze
Uncle Arthur packed his bags and fled
Back to mother, all's forgiven, serving in the family shop
He gets his pocket money, he's well fed
Uncle Arthur past the gasworks
Uncle Arthur past the river
Uncle Arthur down the high street
Uncle Arthur follows mother
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version 2
D A D
Strikes the bell for five o'clock, Uncle Arthur closes shop,
A D
screws the tops on all the bottles, turns the lights out, locks it up.
G A D
Climbs across his bike and he's away-
G A C6 A
cycles past the gas works, past the river, down the high street,
G A D Eb
back to mother. It's another empty day.
E D A E D A
Uncle Arthur- likes his mummy- Uncle Arthur- still reads comics-
E D A
Uncle Arthur- follows Bat-man-.
D A D
Round and round the rumours fly, how he ran away from mum,
A D
on his thirty-second birthday, told her that he'd found a chum.
G A D
Mother cried and raved and yelled and fussed-
G A C6 A
Arthur left her no illusion brought the girl round, save confusion,
G A D Eb
Sally was the real thing not just lust.
E D A E D A
Uncle Arthur- vanished quickly- Uncle Arthur- and his new bride-
E D A
Uncle Arthur- follows Sally-.
E B E
Round and round goes Arthur's head, hasn't eaten well for days,
B E
little Sally may be lovely, but cooking leaves her in a maze.
A B E
Uncle Arthur packed his bags and fled.
A B D6 B A
Back to mother, all's forgiven serving in the family shop, he gets
B E F-
his pocket money, he's well fed.
F# E B F# E B
Uncle Arthur- passed the gas works- Uncle Arthur- passed the river-
F# E B F# E B
Uncle Arthur- down the high street- Uncle Arthur- follows mother-.
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