Patricia The Stripper
Words & Music by Chris de Burgh   

   F          
Dennis is a menace
             A7
With his "Anyone for tennis?"
           Dm                                            F7
And beseeching me to come keep the score.
           Bb                                   Bbm
And Maud said, "Oh Lord, I'm so terribly bored"
   F                Dm     G7/D   C7
I really can't stand it anymore...

                F   
I'm going out to dinner,
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With a gorgeous singer,
        Dm
To a little place I found,
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Down by the quay,

        Bb
Her name is Patricia,
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She calls herself Delicia
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And the reason isn't
                     G9
Very hard to see;

C7            F
She said, God made her a sinner
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Just to keep those fat men thinner
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As they tumble down in heaps
                     F7
Before her feet.

          Bb               
They hang around in groups
        Bbm
Like battle weary troops,
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One can often see them
Dm                                    G9
Queue right down the street.
C7              Bb
You see Patricia (or Delicia)
        A7
Not only is a singer
       Dm                                G7
She also removes all her clothing

C7      Bb                  C                     F - Bb - F
For Patricia is the best stripper in town...

        C7        F
And with a swing of her hips,
         D7
She started to strip
         Gm
To tremendous applause
        C7
She took off her drawers

                   F
And with a lick of her lips
              D7
She undid all her clips,
             Gm
Threw it all in the air
          C
And ev'rybody stared

                  Bb
And as the last piece of clothing
  A7
Fell to the floor,
             F                                       D7
The police were banging on the door
           Gm
On a Saturday night,
     C  F
In 1924

Bb            F         C7 - F - D7 - Gm(7) - C7 - F - D7 - Gm - C - F
Take it away boys...
C7    [...]
But poor Patricia was arrested
And everyone detested,
The terrible manner in which
She was exposed

Later on in court
where everyone thought
A summer's run in jail
would be proposed..

But the judge said, "Patricia,
Or may I say Delicia,
The facts of this case lie before me  (knock, knock, knock)
Case dismissed... This girl was in her working clothes...

And with a swing of her hips,
She started to strip
To tremendous applause
She took off her drawers

And with a lick of her lips
She undid all her clips,
Threw it all in the air
And everyone stared

And as the last piece of clothing
Fell to the floor,
The police were yelling out for more (more)
On a Saturday night
    C7  F - F7
In 1924
D7    Gm7  
On a Saturday night
    C7  F - F7 - Bb - Bbm - C7
In 1924
         F7
Oh yeah!

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