England

Tom : F#m
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I was born under a wandering star
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in the second council house of Virgo
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Forceply removed from the belly of my ma
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and raised on milk and Pernod
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So just lie back and think of England

[Verse 2]
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Because I've slid down bannisters
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for judges and barristers
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reader's wives' husbands
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with toothless decay
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I've been GBH'd and ABH'd
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for a packet of B & H
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I've been taken
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and I've been driven away

[Verse 3]
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I was fornicating before I could read or write
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and now I can't stop, sir
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I graduated from the Universty of Life
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and the school of hard knocks, sir

[Verse 4]
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And my telephone is always ringing
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and my number is triple-X directory
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call 0898 treble three
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Talk dirty to me
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Oh come on all ye unfaithful,
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joyful, triumphant and pathetically weak

[Verse 5]
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I've been Amsterdamned, Reeperbahned,
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wham bam no thank you mammed
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If the spirit is willing
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then the telephone's cheap
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And if you want to step outside love
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you step outside love with me
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You can step outside with me

[Verse 6]
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And if we ever meet again
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I don't know where
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and I don't care when
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I'm gonna help you with your sickness
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like a Jehovah's Witness
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you'll be born again and again, and again
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Just lie back, close your eyes
G
and think of England
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and what England's done for me