13 October 2021

Mimi

Words and music by Richard Homer

4/4, 145 bpm

Intro E A B E


EABE

come to me, / Mimi, on a / warm night / here

EABE

come to me, / Mimi, I / want you / near

AEBE 

come to me, / Mimi, / come to take / care

AEBE, B, B7

come to me, / Mimi, in the / warm night /// air B, B7, B, B7

EABE

come to me, / Mimi, in the / warm night / air


EB

walk down the lane in / damp attire

ABE

gritty road / crunching / tyre

A B E, B, B7

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here


hear the insects / whistle in the tree

they, maybe, are / talking to / me

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here


waiting, quiet, to / ambush me

one arrogant dog // generosity

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here


go round the corner, the / back house lane

another rough, tethered / brute / again

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here


B     E

Mimi, Mimi, / where are you?

B    E

I just want to / be with you

A  E  B  E 

Mimi, / Mimi, / come to / me

A  E  B  E 

Mimi, / Mimi, come / back to / me


next morning, sun bright / reality

I ask why Mimi didn’t / come to / me

no Mimi and me / on a warm night / here


three years ago, I go / back in time

to the hotel room of / musty / grime

no fridge, rough / carpet, walls / bare

B    E

meeting Mimi for the / first time there

B    E

meeting Mimi for the / first time there

E  A  B  E 

meeting / Mimi for the / first time / there


the dusty road, the / telephone

warm water, / me / alone

through the window, the / school, the / orange / air

B    E

meeting Mimi for the / first time there

B    E

meeting Mimi for the / first time there

E  A  B  E 

meeting / Mimi for the / first time / there


hear the insects / whistle in the tree

they, maybe, are / talking to / me

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here

with Mimi and me / on a warm night / here