Long Leather Coat - Paul McCartney

Long Leather Coat

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I'm all alone, said she,
no one to phone, no one to touch me.
E
I'm on my way said the man in the long leather coat
A
as he started his car.
 
A
I'm glad you came, said she
A
you got my note, you understood it.
E
He smiled as he hung up his long leather coat
A
on the back of the door.
 
D A E A
Stroll on baby, step right in.
E A E
Help yourself to a handful of ev'rything in sight,
A
let the party begin.
 
Stroll on baby, step right in….
 
A
Oh, i love your coat, said she. (Oh, I love your coat, said she)
E
He said, well, thank you. (He said, well, thank you)
A
In your note you said you had, (In your note you said you had)
E
no one to touch you. (No one to touch you)
A
So shall I go through? (So shall I go, so shall I go,…)
D D2
Why, yes, she said, you can go on ahead,
Dsus4
she took out the key
D A
and she locked him into the bedroom. Oh, oh, oh.
 
Now I am alone, said she,
she took a can of really red paint,
and she sprayed up and down on the long leather coat,
on the bloody red floor.
 
So long, baby, I took you in
just to show you that your long leather coat
is really nothing but a handful of skin.
 
Stroll on, baby, step right in….
 
Let the party begin! Ho!
Oo-oo-oo-oo,
oo-oo-oo.
Well, let the party, the party begin.

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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

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