Nadine: Chuck Berry
#23 in '64.
(Capo 3rd fret)
Intro
[D7]
[G]
Verse 1
[G]
As I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat,
[G]
I thought I saw my future bride walking up the street,
[G]
I shouted to the driver, hey conductor, you must
[G]
Slow down, I think I see her. Please let me off this bus.
Chorus
[G]
Nadine, honey is that you?
[C9] [G]
Oh, Nadine, honey, is that you?
[D7]
Seem like every time I see you darling
[C7] [G]
you got something else to do.
Verse 2
[G]
I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back,
[G]
And started walkin' toward a coffee colored Cadillac.
[G]
I was pushin through the crowd tryin' to get to where she's at.
[G]
And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat.
Chorus
[G]
Nadine, honey is that you?
[C9] [G]
Oh, Nadine, honey, where are you?
[D7]
Seem like every time I catch up with you
[C7] [G]
you up to something new
Verse 3
[G]
Downtown searching for her, looking all around.
[G]
Saw her getting in a yellow cab heading uptown.
[G]
I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybody's tab.
[G]
Flipped a twenty dollar bill and told him catch that yellow cab.
Chorus
[G]
Nadine, honey is that you?
[C9] [G]
Oh, Nadine, honey, is that you?
[D7]
Seem like every time I catch up with you
[C7] [G]
you up to something new
Verse 4
[G]
She moves around like a wayward summer breeze,
[G]
Go, driver, go, go on, catch her for me please.
[G]
Moving through the traffic like a mounted cavalier.
[G]
Leaning out the taxi window, trying to make her hear.
Chorus
[G]
Nadine, honey is that you?
[C9] [G]
Oh, Nadine, honey, is that you?
[D7]
Seem like every time I see you darling
[C7] [G]
you up to something new
Outro
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[C] [C] [G] [G]
[D7] [C7] [G] [G]