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Medley

Rock Of The Westies

MEDLEY (YELL HELP, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, UGLY)
Music by Elton John & Davey Johnstone
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
ROCK OF THE WESTIES (1975)

INTRO:
G - F#  G - A7  G - F#  G - A  G - F#

YELL HELP:
G    A7                                           G    F#
Yell help, too many cooks and a bird in the bush, yell help

G    A7    
Yell help, if your mirror busts and your cat gets cussed, 
G    F#
Yell help
       E
`Cause down the road you find someone else
      D Ð C Ð G/B Ð Gsus2/A - G
Who's looking
E                                         C
Down the road you find another sweet lady cooking

                A7
So I gotta yell help, 
G    F#    G    A7    G    F#
Yell help, yell help, yell help

(Same as above)
Yell help, some shelter from the storm
Like the travel agent warned
Yell help, if you can help your superstitions
They gonna keep you warm
`Cause down the road you find someone else who's looking
Down the road you seen another sweet lady cooking
So I gotta yell help, yell help, yell help, yell help
Yell help, yell help, yell help, yell help

WEDNESDAY NIGHT:
  Bbm 
I wish tonight wasn't Wednesday night

  Bbm7                               Ebm  Ab/Eb  Ebm
I wish it wasn't the thirteenth of July, yell help

           Ab                       Ab7
And you're looking at the guy whose eyes can't deny

        Db             Eb               Db/Ab  Ab
That he wishes he were somewhere else tonight

(REPEAT)

UGLY:
       D7
Well I met this woman down in New Orleans


Lord she built just like a dream

A7
Even wore stockings that had seams

            A7  G/B Cm6  A7/C#
And she was u Ð u - gly


B7           
Now hell I don't mind women of her kind

     E7                                    
I'll even pay sometimes for a woman that's
E7  D/F# Gm6  E7/G#
U Ð u -  gly

(Same Chords as above)
She built like a steamroller
Just the kind to mow you over anytime
Hey the moment might arrive
On bourbon street
Well the ugliest woman you'll ever meet
But she's mine all mine and she's ugly

YELL HELP (REPRISE):
                 A7     
So I better yell help 
G    F#    G    A7    G    F#
Yell help, yell help, yell help

G    A     G    F#    G    A     G    F#
Yell help, yell help, yell help, yell help

(REPEAT AS NEEDED & ADD WEDNESDAY/UGLY LYRICS)