Hanging Around

HANGING AROUND

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Transcription by: Richard Stanforth ([email protected])

Date of Transcription: 2nd April 2002

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intro: drum counts in on hi-hat, keyboard plays chord of Am twice

Am C G (x6, bass enters 3rd time)

Am C G

Big girl in the red dress, she's just trying to impress us

Am C G

And she's got the barley fever, but she doesn't make a sound

Am C G Am C G

She's just hanging around ... She's just hanging around

Am C G

Down the Court Road early, with the hustlers big and burly

Am C G

There's a million of them selling and the buyers can't be found

Am C G Am C G

They're just hanging around ... they're just hanging around

Am G C

Dm F C

Christ has told his mother, Christ he told her not to bother

Dm F C

Coz he's alright in the city, coz he's high above the ground

Dm F C

He's just hanging around (hanging around) (<- repeat x4)

Dm C F G

Am C G

One of them comes closer, he's got a monkey on his shoulder

Am C G

And the monkey's getting grinner, but his eyes are on the ground

Am C G Am C G

He's just hanging around ... he's just hanging around

Am C G

I'm moving in the Coleherne with the leather all around me

Am C G

And the sweat is getting steamy but their eyes are on the ground

Am C G Am C G

They're just hanging around ... they're just hanging around

Am G C

Dm F C

Christ has told his mother, Christ he told her not to bother

Dm F C

Coz he's alright in the city, coz he's high above the ground

Dm F C

He's just hanging around (hanging around) (<- repeat x4)

Dm C F G

guitar solo:

Am C G Am C G

E--5-7-8p7p5-----------------------------------------------------------|

B------------5-7-7^7p5-------------------------------------------------|

G----------------------7-5h7p5-4---------7-5----5---5-5--5-------------|

D---------------------------------5-5s7-------7---7--------5-5--5-5s7--| <- play 3 times

A----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Am C G Am C G

E--5-7-8p7p5-------------------------------------------------------------|

B------------5-7-7^7p5----------------------------5-7-7^7p5---5-7-7^7p5--|

G----------------------7-5h7p5-4--------4-5-4-5-7-----------7------------|

D---------------------------------5-5s7----------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Am C G Am C G

E---3h5p3--------------------------3h5p3----------------------------|

B---------0---0-0-1-1-1s3--1-0--------------------------------------|

G------------------------------2-----------------0-0-0h2--0---------|

D----------------------------------------4---4-4------------4-2-----| <- play twice

A-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Am C G

E-----------------------------------|

B--------------1-3-3^3p1------------|

G----------0-2-----------2-0-0h2p0--|

D------0-2--------------------------| <-play twice

A--0h3------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------|

Am G C

Dm F C

Christ has told his mother, Christ he told her not to bother

Dm F C

Coz he's alright in the city, coz he's high above the ground

Dm F C

He's just hanging around (hanging around) (<- repeat x6)

Dm F C (x5)

end on Dm.