Forty Years chords and lyrics - JOE JACKSON

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Em]Here [E]in
[B]berlin [E]- p[B]eople line up to [C]get[G] in[C][G]
To [Em]wait [E]for the en[B]d -[E] li[B]ving
in [C]glorious [G]sin[C][G]
[E]They've looked [B]around [E]- a[B]nd now
there is [C]no look[G]ing [C]back
[G]To [E]when rivers ran [B]red [E]- n[B]ow it's
[C]the sky [G]that grows [C]black[G]
[E]

[Verse 2]
Shadows [B]are cast [E]as two gi[B]
ants roam [C]over [G]the earth[C][G]
[E]We light [B]a match [E]- b[B]ut what is that
little [C]flame [G]wor[C]th[G][A]
Once [F#m]allies [D]danced and [E]sang
But it was [A]forty [B]years[C][D]

[Interlude 1]
ago
[E][B][E][C][G][C][G]
[E]Here in d.c.

[Verse 3]
[B]- t[E]hey[B] talk about[C]
[G]'eu[C]ro-[G]dis[E]ease'
And how [B]the french [E]are al [B]ways so dam[C]n
hard [G]to please[C][G][E]
[B]Otions are passed [E]in bru[B]ssels
but no [C]one agrees
[G][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]
And [E]no one walks [B]tall [E]- but[B] no-one
gets down [C]on [G]their knees[C][G][A]
Once [F#m]allies [D]laughed and [E]drank
But it was [A]forty [B]yea[C]rs
[D]ago[E][C][G][C][G]
[E]Where I come [B]from[E]
They [B]don't like Americ

[Verse 5]
[C]ans[G] much
[C]They [G]thi[E]nk they're so lou[B]d,
[E]so tas[B]teless, and so [C]out of [G]touch[C][G]
[E]Stiff upper [B]lips [E]are[B] curled
into [C]permanent [G]sneer[C]s
[G]Self-satisf[E]ied
Await[B]ing Await

[Verse 6]
[E]ing[B] the nex
[C]t forty y[G]ears[C][G][A]
Once [F#m]allies [D]cried and [E]cheered
But it was [A]forty [B]yea[C]rs [D]ago

[Outro 1]
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