Key: E
Introduction:
Bb Gm F Eb Ebm
(verse)
Bb
Eddie kick started his career
Gm
One Summertime in May
F
A shitty band with friends from school
Eb Ebm
But only he could really play
Bb
The moment that he took the stage
Gm
The fans were blown away
F
I always knew that he'd go far
Eb Ebm
I'm glad I lived to see the day
(chorus)
Bb
Eddie's got twenty-seven kids but he
Gm
Doesn't know
F Eb
Shames he'll never be around to
Ebm
See them grow
Bb
Said he screwed a different girl
Gm
After every show
F Eb
But he's always way too gone
To remember though
Ebm
So Eddie doesn't know
(verse)
Bb
At 3a.m, it's getting late
Gm
The after party's closed
F
But everybody follow's Eddie
Eb Ebm
They just won't leave him alone
Bb
Calls seven girls to his hotel room
Gm
Takes off all their clothes
F
Some people say he had it easy
Eb Ebm
But that is just the way it goes
(chorus)
Bb
Eddie's got twenty-seven kids but he
Gm
Doesn't know
F Eb
Shames he'll never be around to
Ebm
See them grow
Bb
Said he screwed a different girl
Gm
After every show
F Eb
But he's always way too gone
To remember though
Ebm
So Eddie doesn't know
Bb Gm
He's in deep and there's a reason
Eb Ebm
He's all alone and he can't change
F
Like the season's
Gm Bb
They come and they go
Bb
To all the kids who don't look
Gm
Like their Mum or Dad
F
Don't freak out, don't you let
Eb Ebm
'em make you mad
Bb
As long as they both love you then
Gm
You should be glad
F
Just think about the little problem
Eb Ebm
Eddie had
(chorus)
Bb
Eddie's got twenty-seven kids but he
Gm
Doesn't know
F Eb
Shames he'll never be around to
Ebm
See them grow
Bb
Said he screwed a different girl
Gm
After every show
F Eb
But he's always way too gone
To remember though
Ebm
So Eddie doesn't know
(chorus)
Bb
Eddie's got twenty-seven kids but he
Gm
Doesn't know
F Eb
Shames he'll never be around to
Ebm
See them grow
Bb
Said he screwed a different girl
Gm
After every show
F Eb
But he's always way too gone
To remember though
Ebm
So Eddie doesn't know
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