Van Morrison - Madame George Chords

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Down on Cyprus Avenue 
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With a childlike vision leaping into view 
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Clicking, clacking of the high heeled shoe 
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Ford and Fitzroy, Madame George 
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Marching with the soldier boy behind 
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He's much older now with hat on drinking wine 
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And that smell of sweet perfume comes drifting through 
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The cool night air like Shalimar 

And outside they're making all the stops 
The kids out in the street collecting bottle tops 
Gone for cigarettes and matches in the shops 
Happy taken Madame George 
That's when you fall

Whoa, that's when you fall 
Yeah, that's when you fall 
When you fall into a trance 
Sitting on a sofa playing games of chance 
With your folded arms and history books you glance 
Into the eyes of Madame George

And you think you found the bag 
You're getting weaker and your knees begin to sag 
In the corner playing dominoes in drag 
The one and only Madame George

And then from outside the frosty window raps 
She jumps up and says Lord have mercy I think that it's the cops 
And immediately drops everything she gots 
Down into the street below

And you know you gotta go 
On that train from Dublin up to Sandy Row 
Throwing pennies at the bridges down below 
And the rain, hail, sleet, and snow 


Say goodbye to Madame George 
Dry your eye for Madame George 
Wonder why for Madame George 


And as you leave, the room is filled with music, laughing, music, 
dancing, music all around the room 
And all the little boys come around, walking away from it all 
So cold 


And as you're about to leave 
She jumps up and says Hey love, you forgot your gloves 
And the love that loves the love that loves the love that loves to love the love 
that loves to love  


To say goodbye to Madame George 
Dry your eye for Madame George 
Wonder why for Madame George 
Dry your eyes for Madame George 
Say goodbye in the wind and the rain on the back street 
In the backstreet, in the back street 
Say goodbye to Madame George 
In the backstreet, in the back street, in the back street 
Down home, down home in the back street 
Gotta go 
Say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye 
Dry your eye your eye your eye your eye your eye... 
Say goodbye to Madame George 
And the loves to love to love the love... 
Say goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye 
Oooooo 
Mmmmmmm 
Say goodbye goodbye goodbye goodbye to Madame George 
Dry your eye for Madame George 
Wonder why for Madame George 
The love's to love the love's to love the love's to love... 
Say goodbye, goodbye 
Get on the train 
Get on the train, the train, the train... 
This is the train, this is the train... 
Whoa, say goodbye, goodbye.... 
Get on the train, get on the train... 


Words from Van Morrison Website 

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