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Elf - Elf
Transcribed by Luke Hatton
(Updated by Terry Woods)


(Released: August 1972)

HOOCHIE KOOCHIE LADY (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

Well She's Handsome - She's Got Everything A Woman Could Need
And She'll Dance Some - She Can't Follow 'Cause She Only Can Lead
But She's Built Good - She Never Missed A Day Of School
And Her Eyes Could Make You Start To Feel Like A Fool

Hey She Go Big Time - Always Got Her Hand In The Pie
She Drinks Good Wine - Never Had A Reason To Cry
She Don't Smoke Much - Always Got A Natural High
But You Can't Touch - She'll Shake You Up So Much That You'll Die

She's So Good - She's No Good At All
She's So Good - She's No Good At All
Hoochie-Koochie Lady Trying To Be Park Avenue
Hoochie-Koochie Lady Trying To Be Park Avenue

Yea Now

(Guitar Solo)

Yeah

Let Me Tell You, She's Handsome - She Got Everything A Woman Could Need
And Don't You Know That She'll Dance Some? She Can't Follow 'Cause She Only
Can Lead
But She's Built Good - Bet She Never Missed A Day Of School
And Her Black, Black Eyes Could Make You Start To Feel Like A Fool

She's So Good - She's No Good At All
She's So Good - She's No Good At All
She's Just A Hoochie-Koochie Lady Trying To Be Park Avenue
Hoochie-Koochie Lady Trying To Be Park Avenue

Oh Yeah
Hoochie-Koochie Lady
Hoochie-Koochie Lady
Hoochie-Koochie Lady
She's A Hoochie-Koochie Lady

FIRST AVENUE (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

(Guitar Solo)

Crazy Little Mama, Is Your Heart Still Mine Today?
Feeling Alive In Some Peculiar Way
Baby Come Home, Baby Come Home

Pretty Little Woman, Please Come Back Today
It's Just Gotta Be Wrong To Throw My Love Away
Baby Come Home, Baby Come Home
Baby Come Home, From Heartbreak City Yeah

First Avenue
First Avenue
First Avenue
Come Back, From First Avenue

(Keyboard Solo)

Hey Mama, Is Your Heart Still Mine Today?
Well I'm Feeling Alive In Some Peculiar Way
Baby Come Home, Baby Come Home
You Just Gotta Come Home From Heartbreak City Yeah
Ooh

(Guitar Solo)

Mama, Mama Come Home - First Avenue
My Baby Is Home - First Avenue
Gotta, Gotta Come - First Avenue
Ooh - Ooh - Ooh - First Avenue
I'm Coming, I'm Coming Home - First Avenue
Ooh - Ooh - First Avenue
Help Me Go - First Avenue
Can't Make It On My Own - First Avenue
Take It, Take It Home

NEVER MORE (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

Can't Remember How I Got From Here To There
Isn't Any Reason
Plain And Simple - I Can't Recall Anymore
Would Be Misleading
Lead Me On

Hell And Fire Burning Higher
Now I Can See The Ever-After
Clock Is Moving Only While I See You Don't
Hear Me In The Laughter
Never More

(Guitar Solo)

Clutching To A Bundle In The Night
Nobody Knows
Leaping Dogs Of Winter On The Fight
And Everyone Goes

(Guitar Solo)

Clutching To A Bundle In The Night
Nobody Knows
Those Leaping Dogs Of Winter On The Fight
And Everyone Goes

I'M COMING BACK FOR YOU (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

I'm Standing In The Shadows Now
You Think I'm Dead And Gone Somehow
When The Morning Comes You'll See Around
Baby You Know
I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Coming Back For You

Feel Like Your Time Is Coming Fast
Well Keep Hanging On, You Just Gotta Last
You're Gonna See I Won't Forget You Now
Oh You Know
I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Coming Back For You
I Am

(Guitar Solo)

Don't Let The Big World Get You Down
I'm Gonna Turn It All Around
And When The Morning Comes You'll See My Face
You Know
I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Coming Back For You - Yes I Am
I'm Coming Back For You

Oh Baby You Know, I'm, I'm, I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Gonna, Come Back Just For You
I'm Coming Back, Back For You
I'm Coming Back For You
I'm Coming Back, Back, Back, Back For You
Coming Back For You
Ya Know, Ya Know, Ya Know, Ya Know I've Gotta Come Back For You
Oh Girl
I'm Coming Back

SIT DOWN HONEY (EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT) (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein /
Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

When I'm Coming Home To You
Tell You What I'm Gonna Do
You Gotta Sit Down Honey, Everything Will Be Alright
Eyes Just Like A Shining Pearl
She Was A High School Girl
Well Sit Down Honey, Everything Will Be Alright

Oh - Oh - Oh
Everything Will Be Alright
Ooh - Ooh - Ooh
Lord, Lord It's Alright
Hey Now

(Keyboard Solo)

Oh - Oh - Oh
Everything's Alright

Like When You're Coming Through The Door
I'll Tell You What I'm Looking For
You Gotta Sit Down Honey 'Cause Everything Will Be Alright

Ooh - Ooh - Ooh
Everything Will Be Alright
I Say Hey,
Everything's Alright
Guitar Yeah!

(Guitar Solo)

Ooh - Ooh - Ooh
Everything Will Be Alright
Lord, Lord, Lord,
Everything Will Be Alright

Good God, I Said Everything Will Be Alright
Give It To Me 'Cause Everything Will Be Alright
Rolling, Rolling, Rolling Oh Yeah,
Everything Will Be Alright
Hey

DIXIE LEE JUNCTION (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

These Old Boots Will Keep Me Walking
To A Place I Long To Be
High Upon A Mountain-Top
Down In Tennessee

Said Good-bye To New York
Country Living On My Mind
Crowded Streets And Hard Cement
That's What I Left Behind

(Guitar Solo)

Well Just Outside Of Oak Ridge
About A Fifteen Minute Ride
Well All I Need Is Clean Fresh Air
To Keep Me Satisfied, Satisfied

Big City Living Got Me On The Run
Big City Living Got Me On The Run
Dixie Lee Junction
Dixie Lee Junction

Oh Big City Living Got Me On The Run
Big City Living Got Me On The Run
Dixie Lee Junction
Dixie Lee Junction
Oh Yeah

(Keyboard Solo)

Yeah Big City Living Got Me On The Run
Big City Living Got Me On The Run
Dixie Lee Junction
Dixie Lee Junction
Dixie Lee Junction
Dixie Lee Junction
Alright

(Guitar Solo)

Dixie Lee Junction
Oh Dixie Lee Junction
Hey Dixie Lee Junction
Oh

LOVE ME LIKE A WOMAN (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

Love Me Like A Woman, Love Me Like A Woman
Love Me Like A Woman, Love Me Like A Woman
I Don't Know What You're Gonna Do
I Just Know What I Want You To

So Love Me Like A Woman, Touch Me Like A Woman
Hold Me Like A Woman, Be My Woman
I'm Getting Ready, Getting Ready
Getting Ready - I'm Ready

(Keyboard Solo)

I Want You Love Me Like A Woman
Be My Little Woman
Love Me Like, Lord, A Woman, And Be My Woman
'Cause I'm Getting Shaky, So Shaky
I'm Getting Shaky, See Me Shaking

Love Me Like A Woman
Love Me Like A Woman
Ooh - Ooh - Ooh Be My Woman
And Love Me, Love Me Like A Woman

Like A Woman, Like A Lady Should, You Gotta Love Me
Go On Touch Me, Hold Me, Need Me
Love Me Like A Woman
Oh Yeah

(Guitar Solo)

Oh Yea, Love Me Like A Woman
Oh - Oh Just Like A Woman
You Gotta Be My Little Woman
Love Me Like A Woman Now, Ooh

(Guitar Solo)

GAMBLER, GAMBLER (Dio / Driscoll / Feinstein / Soule)

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals / Bass
Gary Driscoll - Drums / Percussion
Dave Feinstein - Guitar
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards

I Gotta Tell You About The Blues
I Gotta Tell You Just How I Lose
Ain't Got No Money
But I'll Straighten Up My Hand And Let The Cards Fall Down

Gambler, Gambler - Shake Down In The First Degree
Gambler, Gambler - Shake Down In The First Degree
I've Never Been A Gambler, So Please Don't Mess With Me

Hey Jury, Jury, I Tell You Story True
Ah Listen Jury, Jury, Tell You Story True
The Jury Found Me Guilty, Don't Know What To Do

I Was Banned In Boston - Set Up In Old Saint Lou
Surrounded By The F. B. I. For Something I Didn't Do
Now My Baby Left Me, Left Me All Alone
Judge Said: "Son, You Ain't Going Home"

Gambler, Gambler - Shake Down In The First Degree
Well I've Never Been A Gambler, So Please Don't Mess With Me
Oh No, No

(Guitar Solo)

Oh Gambler, Gambler - Shake Down In The First Degree
Gambler, Gambler - Shake Down In The First Degree
I've Never Been A Gambler, Please Don't Mess With Me