I Can See Elvis

	  		
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I can see Elvis... skinny like he was... back in fifty-seven 
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razor-quiffed and leather-squeezed... sideburns flickering in the breeze 
                               F# 
that blows across the vale of heaven   (riff) 

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I can see Elvis... throned like a king... astride a golden Harley 
F#                            G#m                     B 
smoking a reefer he just rolled... full of acapulco gold 
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with Hendrix, Dean and Marley    (riff) 

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I can see Elvis(doo-wap) prowling like a cat(doo-wap) 
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across a funky bandstand (doo-wap) 
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Keith Moon behind him banging drums (doo-wap) 
                     B 
Charlie Parker all thumbs (doo-wap) 
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John Lennon doing handstands (doo-wap) (riff)(doo-wap) 

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Solo on acoustic 
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F#         G#m                              B 
I can see Elvis... talking philosophy and law 
                     F# 
with Joan Of Arc and Plato 
F#                             G#m 
quizzing Shakespeare on his plays 
                                B 
showing Crazy Horse and Marvin Gaye 
                          F# 
how to dance the mashed potato (riff) 

F#         G#m 
I can see Elvis  (doo-wap) 
                  B 
high and low and high  (doo-wap) 
                       F# 
and low and high he's hunting  (doo-wap) 
F#                     G#m 
looking for a special prey  (doo-wap) 
                              B 
who only just arrived up here today  (doo-wap) 
                 F# 
break out the bunting  (doo-wap) (riff) (doo-wap) 

F#         G#m (mute)                       B 
I can see Elvis... he's writin' something down 
                     F# 
in a litle leather journal 
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and here are all the words he wrote: 
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"I am gonna slit the throat of that skinflint, the Colonel" 
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I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... 
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I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... I can see Elvis... Elvis... Elvis 

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