Manet Monet

                                          Artist - Harvey Andrews
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                                           Song - Manet & Monet
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                                         Album - The Journey (1997)
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                                           Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard
NARRATED
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          G
They were manet and monet
Van gogh and Gaugin
C
Hepworth and Hilder
Am
Rockwell and Rodin
D
Cezanne and Sisley
Pointer and Poussaint
C                   G
Wilkie and Whistler too
          C                         G
They were artists their whole lives through

NARRATED
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                        D
The yardleyarts club is formed in the hope
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That it will become a long standing fellowship of men and women,
                    C                                        D
who, through mutual encouragement and individual effort will stimulate
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all who have a desire to develop their appreciation and creation of the visual arts.

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                 G                             D
It is our aim to extend an open invitiation to all who respond
                 C                  D
to the beauty of life to join us in creating a pictorial record.
C                                     D
We hope some of these representations may be of such promise
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that they will be handed down for all time in respect to their creators
C                                 D
who lavished such loving care and time on them

VERSE 1
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          G
They were manet and monet
Van gogh and Gaugin
C
Hepworth and Hilder
Am
Rockwell and Rodin
D
Cezanne and Sisley
Pointer and Poussaint
C                   G
Wilkie and Whistler too
          C                         G
They were artists their whole lives through

NARRATED
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G                                     D
Sunday 10th of july dawned bright and clear as members gathered
             Em
to board the coach for the annual outing.
G                                                   C
Arriving at ludlow the club members settled down to lunch
                          D
and then to sketching the castle and town.
C                                  D
Artists were to be seen in various attitudes,
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some drawing buildings, others sketching the artists.
                    C                         G
Mr rowley was to be seen propped in doorways, sitting on kerbstones,
   C                               D
or draping himself langourously on people's doorsteps.

VERSE 2
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          G
They were manet and monet
Van gogh and Gaugin
C
Hepworth and Hilder
Am
Rockwell and Rodin
D
Cezanne and Sisley
Pointer and Poussaint
C                   G
Wilkie and Whistler too
          C                         G
They were artists their whole lives through
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   G                                       D
At 7 o'clock in the evening it was decided by certain members
                Em                                    Bm               C
that the return journey should be via tenbury and the 100 house where, naturally,
                                 D
it was intended a stop should be made.
                    Em                 D
Once there the more degenerate members revelled in the spectacle of the secretary,
     G
well known for her temperate habits,
  D                                    Em
endeavouring to down the contents of a pint tankard,
            D
others were accepting their pints with such alacrity
     C                    D
that eventually it proved necessary to extricate their owners
     C                             D                  Am
from beyond the swing doors on the pretext of a group photograph.
      G                 D                        Em
As we continued towards droitwich mr vic andrews gave us a solo,
            G                        C
apparantly, he alone knew the words, and the bus microphone was employed
                     D                      C
to good effect by mr sam bailey, who gave a fine rendition of
                      D
"suzhanna's a funicle man".
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We have often heard this being sung but now we have seen it
                  C                   D
we realise why it always makes people laugh.

VERSE 3
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          G
They were manet and monet
Van gogh and Gaugin
C
Hepworth and Hilder
Am
Rockwell and Rodin
D
Cezanne and Sisley
Pointer and Poussaint
C                   G
Wilkie and Whistler too
          C                         G
They were artists their whole lives through

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    G                                     D
Our driver, somewhat mellowed by our stop then took over the microphone
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and despite notices which stated that it was not to be used
                    C                            D
when the bus was in motion, gave us an excellent imitation
                C                          D
of bing crosby, meanwhile driving with one hand.
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A further attempt was made to stop and have another, but mr rowley steadfastly refused.
                        D
Mr newman was last seen staggering along station road
       C                            D
with a nightwatchman's lamp held on high,
                                                  Em
but those at the back of the bus reported that he did return it before
D                                      G
setting off homeward with an unusually jaunty step.
D                    Em                  G
As we walked home we thought what a good day it had been,
             C                                    D
and hoped we should have another such in the very near future!

VERSE 4
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          G
They were manet and monet
Van gogh and Gaugin
C
Hepworth and Hilder
Am
Rockwell and Rodin
D
Cezanne and Sisley
Pointer and Poussaint
C                   G
Wilkie and Whistler too
          C                         G
They were artists their whole lives through
G  D  Em  Bm  C  D  C  D