Gun Club: "Lucky Jim" (from the "Lucky Jim" album)
Bm A G The rain, it has arrived at last G D A for which we had waited Bm A G the hawkers have packed up their stands G D A nothing to be traded The Soviets beside the quay run to the freighters the terrace of the Rex Hotel is closed by the waiters
Em Em7 Em D Em ----0-------0-0-0---2----0---------3-3-0-----0---- ----0-------3-3-0---3----0---------0-0---0-3---3-- ----0-------0-0-0---2----0------------------------ ----2-------2-2-2---0----2------------------------ ----2-------2-2-2---0----2------------------------ ----0-------0-0-0--------0------------------------ We need you, ..... oh, Lucky Jim Em Em7/Em D Em where have you gone, ..... oh, Lucky Jim Your mistress has left her home back to the dances the smoking dens are starting up for life's own enhancing
Nobody goes to the war since there's none to go to we just sit around the cafes bored sit waiting for you We need you, oh Lucky Jim where have you gone, oh Lucky Jim instrumental = verse Why did you ever go up north it is not for you they'll strip your little weak heart clean what will you do The Australians in the Bunny Bar are waiting your return everyone wants a piece of you a piece of you to burn We need you, oh Lucky Jim where have you gone, oh Lucky Jim we miss you here, oh Lucky Jim where have you gone, oh Lucky Jim end: Bm A G