You gotta admit it's catchy So that's what I mean when I say how stiff I was Ok, now we're getting, now you can get back to your song Jonathan. Started buyin Calypso records and things You see? It's catchy. Cause I started getting way into that kind of stuff you know. That was really the beginning of the end for us. Here's what I'm thinking: 'oh' After that trip to Bermuda, you know, that band never got along as well after that. These guys really are looser than us' I'm thinking to myself. data:image/png base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAKAAAAB4CAYAAAB1ovlvAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAHCNJREFUeF7tnQd0VFXXht+ZSQ8lIYFEqmBoiiAiTYpSBGkWQJrto9mooYOACooURanSBQQ. ![]() You know he's up there And I'm watchin this and goin 'Oh, we really are stiff. And he's great and he's just not movin, he's just kinda like chewin gum or somethin, just kinda like you know He was like the Bill Wyman of the Caribbean. and he was just goin you know like when the lead guitar guy - their only guitar guy - was goin The bass man's just goin And makin it sound way bad, it's boomin. He was this old guy - old guy? sure! he was almost forty years old! Hell! - and he was in a windbreaker and everthin like that. Bang Bang Lulu Lulu ran away Lulu had to go bang bang That's why she ran away Lulu had a boyfriend Name was 'Tommy Tukker' Took him out to his house To see if he couldīang Bang Lulu Lulu ran away (see it still works! It was good then and it still works) Lulu had to go bang bang That's why she ran away And the guitar had this great fat sound. And they were playin more stuff like this type of material you know. Bermuda Strollers had big guitars like this and everything like that. So, in other words there were people there as old as me! So, and they were the Bermuda Strollers and they all had sunglasses so you couldn't tell when one guy was lazy and just wanted to lay off that day, would call up someone else, you know and they'd be the Bermuda Strollers that day so they all had sunglasses and you couldn't tell who they were But anyway so we were doin like a some. Well I'm gonna have to change it to 'fifty' year old. Back then that was older - 'Hey they're forty year old guys!'. Back then I never knew that I would someday be forty. You know this is pretty important, that everyday we're out there Well! Yeah we're knockin ’em dead Well, the trouble was the people who were really knockin them dead were these forty year old guys. C D Now, I cant expect you all to see it my way C D Em G But you may not know what was there before C D C G And I want them to put back my old corner store C G Well I walked past just, uh like I. You know we had a fair amount of equipment for a group back then and everything and we're just going. You know we were kinda serious and everything. And the audience was goin ’Oh that's very nice’ and stuff. Intro F Bb F Bb F Bb That summer feeling, that summer feeling F Bb That summer feeling Verse 1 F Bb When there's things to do not because you gotta F Bb When you run for love not because. But, like, we had, you know, all kinds of fender stuff, and we were goin like, and we were like playin all kinda like all trip hammers and we were goin You know like that. I should also add that in addition to the chords, this site is by far the most complete Jonathan Richman lyrics site on the net (and you will even find some tabs too).Nothing snotty about that song is there? No And she cracked I'm there I won’t Well! So we were doin stuff like that. ![]() And if you have found this site useful please order the Jonathan Richman Songbook from wherever you get books so we can encourage Jonathan to make more of these books and find out how these songs are really supposed to be played. It is important that I don't even appear to be profiting from this site. If anyone has more Jonathan Richman songs (or better versions of what I have done) please send them to me and I will see they get (eventually) posted.īut please don't ask for cds, I just ignore those messages. Many of these files will have errors in them. Down in Bermuda Down in Bermuda It turned me all around It turned me upside down In Bermuda Ding ding Oh, down in Bermuda I realised how stiff I was And I changed it just because. I am now posting what I have done as well as other Jonathan Richman songs that other people have done. Over the past few years I went to work and transcribed a bunch of his songs. I, like many of you, love Jonathan Richman's music and wish there was more of it online. Welcome to the (Unofficial) Jonathan Richman Chords Site
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