Thursday, February 6, 2014

I was in love with a T-Rex

I wrote this especially for Tricity Vogue's ukulele cabaret on the 11th of Feb in London. The theme is "Love Gone Wrong" hence this song. Full details here. I'll be there to perform it if I am sent over by a new bit of work I'm doing, so fingers crossed!



Waltz time: ONE 2 3, ONE 2 3

Gm Dm Gm A7 Dm

    2210        2110          2010   4210
I was in love with a T.Rex,
    0201                          A7
But now she's been taken from me,
    2210        2110          2010   4210
We met one night in a club in Soho,
Gm              A7 G7 on 5-4-3-4
for players of ukulele.

    2210        2110          2010   4210
She said her name was Matilda
    0201                          A7  Gm A7
She roared, so sweetly in my ear,
    2210        2110          2010   4210
and her tiny arms cradled her uke, so gently
Gm              A7 Dm G7 on 5-4-3-4
I knew I had nothing to fear.  



G7, C Em
Well, we danced every night in the,
F            G
Cretaceous moonlight,
C Em          F G
While a bright star grew in the sky,

C             Em
How was I to know,
F G
that celestial glow,
Dm G
Would cause my true love to die

    2210        2110          2010   4210
I'll never again wish upon falling stars,
    0201                          A7
for this one, took her from me,
    2210        2110          2010   4210
while I hid the ground, making hardly a sound,
Gm              A7 Dm
A wee mammal, so cowardly.

{Quietly}

    2210        2110          2010   4210
So at night, all alone, serenading her bones,
    0201                          A7
So white in the light of the moon,
    2210        2110          2010   4210
On her ukulele, so quietly
Gm              A7 Gm  Dm
I sing to her memory alone


2210        2110          2010   4210
0201                          A7
2210        2110          2010   4210
Gm              A7 Gm  Dm


G7 C Em
We danced every night in the,
F            G
Cretaceous moonlight,
C Em          F G
While a bright star grew in the sky,

C             Em
How was I to know,
F G
that celestial glow,
Dm G F    C
Would cause my true love to die



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