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Marilyn Monroe by Ian Campbell Folk Group
Marilyn Monroe
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D A7 D G D A7 D
[Verse 1]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"To Hollywood, to Hollywood, to Hollywood I'll go,
A7 D G D A7 D
And you will know me by the name of Marilyn Monroe,
G D A7
The soldiers and the sailors their names I'll never know,
D A7 D G D A7 D
Will wish that they could have a girl like Marilyn Monroe."
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 2]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"I'll glitter like a candle light for all the world to see,
A7 D G D A7 D
Good luck to you who walk alone and fear the dark like me,
G D A7
And whether I am lucky or whether I am not,
D A7 D G D A7 D
I'll fight the blues" said Marylyn "with everything I've got."
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 3]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"I hear the hounds behind my back, wherever I may go
A7 D G D A7 D
Good luck to every hunted thing" said Marilyn Monroe
G D A7
"And when the hunt is over I'd like you all to know
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I led those hounds a merry run" said Marilyn Monroe.
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 4]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"From Hollywood, from Hollywood, from Hollywood I'll go
A7 D G D A7 D
You used to know me by the name of Marilyn Monroe
G D A7
The soldiers and the sailors their names I'll never know
D A7 D G D A7 D
How long will they remember me" said Marilyn Monroe.
[Ending]
G D A7
Oh! Marilyn, Oh! Marilyn, Oh! Marilyn Monroe
D A7 D G D A7 D
There never be another one like Marilyn Monroe
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
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Version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
D A7 D G D A7 D
[Verse 1]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"To Hollywood, to Hollywood, to Hollywood I'll go,
A7 D G D A7 D
And you will know me by the name of Marilyn Monroe,
G D A7
For soldiers and for sailors I'll glitter and I'll glow,
D A7 D G D A7 D
They'd wish that they could have a girl like Marilyn Monroe."
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 2]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"I'll light a candle in the skies wherever I may be,
A7 D G D A7 D
For those who have to who walk alone and fear the dark like me,
G D A7
And all those lonely women their names I'll never know,
D A7 D G D A7 D
I'll glitter in the dark for them" said Marilyn Monroe
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 3]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"Abe Lincoln is my he-ro" said Marilyn Monroe
A7 D G D A7 D
"And Arthur Miller's more like him than any man I know"
G D A7
"Don't marry Arthur Miller they say that he's a red
D A7 D G D A7 D
They say he's un-American," "I'll marry him" she said.
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 4]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"Good bye to Arthur Miller, alone again I go
A7 D G D A7 D
"God help the man who marries me" said Marilyn Monroe.
G D A7
"It's up and down forever, my life is like the sea
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And one day when I'm done" she said, "will be the death of me"
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 5]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"I hear the hounds behind my back, I know their voices well
A7 D G D A7 D
But how the hunt will end" she said, "is more than I can tell
G D A7
I hear the hounds behind me, no matter where I go
D A7 D G D A7 D
Good luck to every hunted thing" said Marilyn Monroe
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 6]
D A7 D G D A7 D
"How long will they remember me?" said Marilyn Monroe
A7 D G D A7 D
"How long will they remember me when death has laid me low?"
G D A7
As long as there are people on this old world below
D A7 D G D A7 D
There'll never be another one like Marilyn Monroe.
G D C D
Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe
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