Come On Eileen Uke tab by Dexy's Midnight Runners

8 Chords used in the song: F, C, Bb, Em, G, D, F#m, A

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Difficulty: 
3.88
(Intermediate)
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|F F   C C   |F F   Bb Bb  |Bb Bb  F F   |C C       |   x2

|C C |Em Em |F F |C C G G | x2


C C Em Em
Poor old Johnny Ray
F F C C G G
Sounded sad upon the radio moved a million hearts in mono
C C
Our mothers cried
F F F F C C G G
Sang along, who'd blame them
C C Em Em
You're grown (you're grown up), so grown (so grown up)**
F F C C G G
Now I must say more than ever (come on Eileen)
C C Em Em F F
Toora-loora-toora-loo-rye-aye
C C G G
and we can sing just like our fathers



D D F#m F#m
Come on Eileen oh, I swear (well he means)
Em Em G G A A
at this moment you mean everything
D D F#m F#m
With you in that dress, my thoughts (I confess)
Em Em G G A A
verge on dirty, Ah come on Eileen

|A |A | [banjo]

|C C |Em Em |F F |C C G G | [fiddle and banjo]


C C Em Em
These people round here
F F
wear beaten-down eyes sunk in smoke-dried faces,
C C G G
so resigned to what their fate is
C C Em Em
but not us (no never) no not us (no never)
F F C C G G
we are far too young and clever remember
C C Em Em F F
Toora-loora-toora-loo-rye-aye
C C G G
Eileen I'll hum this tune for ever




D D F#m F#m
Come on Eileen, oh I swear (well he means)
Em Em G G A A
Ah come on let's take off everything
D D F#m F#m
That pretty red dress, Eileen (tell him yes)
Em Em G G A A
Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen
D D F#m F#m
That pretty red dress, Eileen (tell him yes)
Em Em G G A A
Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen
D D
Please...


D D F#m F#m
(Come on Eileen too-loo rye-aye come on)

G G D D A A
(Eileen too-loo rye-aye toora toora-too-loora)
Now you have grown, now you have shown, oh Eileen
D D F#m F#m

Come on Eileen, these things they are real and I know
G G
how you feel Now I must say more than ever
D D A A
things round here have changed
D D F#m F#m G G D D A A
Too-ra loo-ra too-ra loo-rye-aye


D D F#m F#m
Come on Eileen oh, I swear (well he means)
Em Em G G A A
at this moment you mean everything
D D F#m F#m
With you in that dress, my thoughts (I confess)
Em Em G G A A
verge on dirty, Ah come on Eileen

D D F#m F#m
Come on Eileen oh, I swear (well he means)
Em Em G G A A
at this moment you mean everything
D D F#m F#m
With you in that dress, my thoughts (I confess)
Em Em G G A A
verge on dirty, Ah come on Eileen

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does anyone have strumming recommendations?
25 Apr 2021
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tobsn86 avatar
flag for DE(ISO2) (Munich)
There is an Em at the end of
C
Our mothers cried
so its
C Em
Our mothers cried
12 Mar 2021
Correction
smili avatar
The chords seem to be good, except for the chorus. I would rather see an A instead of the F#m in the parts like the one below:
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D F#m
Come xx xxxxxx xx, I xxxxx xxxx xx xxxxx
Em G A
xx xxxx moment xxx xxxx everything
D F#m
xxxx you xx xxxx xxxxx, my xxxxxxxx x xxxxxxx
Em G A
xxxxx on dirty, xx xxxx on xxxxxx
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But the F#m works well in the "bridges" in the middle-end of the song.
08 Feb 2013
Correction

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About this song: Come On Eileen

According to the Come On Eileen Songfacts, Eileen was a girl that songwriter and band member Kevin Rowland grew up with. Their relationship became romantic when the pair were 13.

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