Pretty Belinda
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Pretty Belinda:Chris Andrews.
Top of European charts in 1969.
INTRO: A E E7 A(x2)
#1.
A E
She lives on a boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
every one called her pretty Belinda.
A E
Went to the boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
just for a look at pretty Belinda.
#2.
A E
All of my loving, I wanted to give her,
E7 A
soon as I saw her pretty Belinda.
A E
Lived in a boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
wanted to have her, pretty Belinda.
[Refrão]A E
Her eyes were exciting, her hair it was golden,
E7 A
her lips were inviting, and my heart she's stolen.
A E
Now we're together, me and Belinda.
E7 A
Now and forever, me and Belinda.
#3.
A E
She lives on a boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
every one called her pretty Belinda.
A E
Went to the boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
just for a look at pretty Belinda.
A E E7 A(x2)
#4.
A E
She lives on a boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
every one called her pretty Belinda.
A E
Went to the boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
just for a look at pretty Belinda.
#5.
A E
Now, I have wed her, my pretty Belinda,
E7 A
and that's where I send her, my pretty Belinda.
A E
She gave her heart and made me a promise,
E7 A
we'll never part, for Belinda is honest.
#6.
A E
We live on a boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
every one calls her pretty Belinda.
A E
We live in a boathouse down by the river,
E7 A
me and my wife called pretty Belinda.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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