Smalltown England Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G5][G]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Turn [Am]left at [G]the lights
[Am]about 50[G]yards down
There's a pub in the corner
and I'll meet you inside
About quarter to eight and
we'll [Am]go int[G]o town
And find out what everybody's been

[Interlude 1]
saying about us
[Am][G][Am][G][Am][G]
[Am]
[G]Smalltown walls have eyes

[Verse 2]
[Am]and [G]ears
[Am]Stories [G]fly thick and [Am]fast [G]round here
[Am]Truth an[G]d lies are a[Am]ll the same
[G]Whatever you do [Am]don'[G]t
rock the boat
You've got to play the game,
[Am]play the [G]game[Am][G5][G][Cm][G]
Ch: Is [Cm]it a crime to want something else?
Is it a crime to believe in
something different?
Is it a crime to want to make things happen?

[Interlude 2]
To spit in the faces of the cynical fools
[Am][G][Am][G]
[Am][G][Am][G][Am]
[G][Am][G][Am][F][Am]
[G][Am][G]

[Verse 3]
The [Am]incrowd [G]know that the[Am] shell is [G]thin
So they [Am]all [G]protect the [Am]cage t[G]hey're in
Get drunk and stoned an[Am]d wrecked [G]again
No tears of rage, no [Am]cries of [G]pain
[Am]Nothing [G]ventured, not[Am]hing gai[G]ned
In [Am]smalltown England[G][Am]
[G][Am][G][Am][G][Am]
[G]Because the [B5]world outside
the pint [Bm]in hand
[G]Is all so [Am]hard[A] to unde[B5]rstand[G]
[Am]And if v[G]isions of the world
come [Am]clear
They're [G]not allowed[Am]
[G]to interfere
[Cm]Ch: Is it a crime to want
something else? . . .

[Verse 4]
[Cm]The smell of hot f[D]ood[G][Am][G][Am][G][Am][G]
[Am][F][Gm]
[Am][G][Am][G][Am][G][Am]
from the takeaway curry
Diesel fumes from a passing [G]lorry
[Am]Waiting in the [G]queue [Am]in the pouring rain
[G]For the chip sho[Am]p up [G]on Bowlin[Am]g La[G]ne
Well, [B5]last [G]week [Am]we all
[Bm]got [G]really smashed
We couldn't stand up[Am],
it was [B5]a rea[G]l la[Am]ugh
[G]And this week's going to [Am]be
[G]jus[B5]t the[Bm] same[Am]
And [G]the next [Am]and the next, a[B5]gain and a[Cm]gain
[Am]They say you've got [G]to have fun[Am]
[G]while you're [Am]young
'Cause [G]they can't [Cm]be l[Am]ieve t[Cm]here's anythi[G]ng else[Cm]
[G][Cm]

[Outro 1]
except this
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[D][Cm][Am][D]
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