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Come on Ei leen.
(C)Poor old John ny Ray
sound ed (F)sad up on the ra di o; he moved a (C)mil lion hearts in (G)mon o.
Our moth ers used
to (F)sing a long; who’d blame them?
(C)You’re grown.
(You’re grown up.) (Em)So grown.
(So grown up.) (F)Now I must say more than ev er:
Come on Ei leen.
(C)Too ra, loo ra, (Em)too ra, loo rye (F)aye.
And we can (C)sing just like our (G)fa thers.
(D)Come on Ei leen, oh, I (A7)swear well he means at this mo ment.
You mean ev ’ry thing.
With
that (D)you in that dress, my (A7)thoughts I con fess verge on dirt y,
ah, come on Ei leen.
Come on Ei leen.
(C)These peo ple ’round here
wear beat en (F)down eyes sunk in smoke dried fac es, re (C)signed to what their (G)fate is, but (C)not us,
no (Em)not us.
(F)We are far too young and clev er.
Re mem ber, (C)too ra, loo ra, (Em)too ra, loo rye (F)aye.
Ei leen, I’ll (C)hum this tune for (G)ev er.
Ei leen.
Come on
Ei leen.
Too loo rye (F#m)aye, come on
Ei leen, too loo rye (G)aye, too ra.
Too ra, too loo ra.
(D)Oh Things won’t Ei ven change.
(A)leen.
Come on
Ei leen.
Too loo rye (F#m)aye, come on
Ei leen, too loo rye (G)aye, too ra.
Too ra, too loo ra.
(D)Oh Things won’t Ei ven change.
(A)leen.
This page shows “Come On Eileen” by Dexy's Midnight Runners in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 88 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.