Bernadine
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Bernadine:Pat Boone.
#14 in 1957.
#1.
D Em D D7 G D D7
Oh, Bernadine...Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine.
D D7
I can tell by the dimple on your chin,
G Em
You're in beautiful shape for the shape you're in,
D A D A
and I'm in shape for Bernadine.
#2.
D Em D D7 G D D7
Oh, Bernadine...Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine.
D D7
When you wander into my dreams at night,
G Em
Your remarkable form is a pure delight.
D A D G D
I go, go, go for Bernadine.
Chorus:
D G D
Bernadine, oh, Bernadine.
D Em
You're a little bit like every girl I've ever seen.
A D D7
Oh, your separate parts are not unknown,
G Em
but the way you assemble them's all your own.
D A D
All yours and mine, dear Bernadine.
D A D
yours and mine, dear Bernadine.
#3.
D Em D D7 G D D7
Oh, Bernadine...Oh, oh, oh, Bernadine.
D D7
Say you'll wait for me out by the rocket base,
G Em
and we'll both blast off into outer space.
D A D G D
At oh, oh, oh-oh, Bernadine.
#4.
D G D
Bernadine, Bernadine.
D Em
Come away with me now in the rocket-propelled machine.
A D D7
We'll come home by the way of a drive-in spa,
G Em
just a little this side of Shangri-La.
D A
And there I'll stay with Berna..
D A
there I'll stay with Berna..
D A G A D
There I'll stay with Bern..a..dine. (Fade)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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