Tony Wilson Said Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[G][F][G][Am][G][F]
[G]Shout [Am]out to the city

[Verse 1]
[G][F]
[G]Like Ton[Am]y Wilson sai[G]d[F][G]
[Am]Wrong number Chicago and New [F]York
[Am]Dial Manchester inst[G]ead[F][G]
We're driv[Am]ing [G]through [F]Rush[G]olme
Moss [Am]side and Whalley [G]Range[F][G]
[Am]Get caught on the wrong side
of the law in this [F]town
[Am]They'll treat you in Strangeways

[Verse 2]
[F][G]
[Am]He symbolised and crystallised f[F]reedom
A [G]King with [Am]no c[F]rown[Am]
He left more than a million [F]footprint[Am]s
All over this town
[F][Am]

[Verse 3]
What of Factory [F]Records?
[Am]With their contracts signed in [F]blood[G]
And [Am]halfway to London
he turned his car [F]round
Some[G]how just [Am]knew he [F]would[G]
Out[Am]side [G]The Apollo[F]
[Am]The jewel of Ardwi[F]ck Green
Stone[Am]'s throw from
the Boardwalk
[F]The Hacienda, [Am]on the corner

[Verse 4]
of Whitworth Street
[F][Am]
He symbolised and crystallised [F]freedom
[G]A King with no c[Am]rown[F][G]
He [Am]left more than a million [F]footprints
All [Am]over this town

[Verse 5]
[F][Am]
[F]Some might call it a [Am]treason
A King with [Em]no c[Dm]rown
And he [G]turned to face
His troubles [F]down
To fight for our [Am]freedom
Turned his Jag[Em]uar [Am]round[Dm]
And the [G]wheels kept turning
The wheels kept turning
To the Cottonopolis
To the [Am]Cottonopolis

[Verse 6]
Shout out to [C]the city[G][Am]
Like Tony [C]Wilson [Am]said
Wrong number Chicago and New York
[G]Dial Man[Am]chester instead
[C]Sho[Am]ut[G][Am]
out Factory [G]Records[F]
[Am]With their contracts signed
in [G]blood[F][Am]
It's true that not only do
the good die young
But only the young die good
[G]

[Verse 7]
[F][G]
He sym[Am]bolised and
crystallised [F]freedom
[G]A King with no [Am]crown[F][G]
He [C]left more [Am]than a million [F]footprints
[G]All over [Am]this town

[Verse 8]
[F][Am]
He symbolised and crystallised [F]freedom
A [G]King with no [Am]crown[F][Am]
He left more than a million [F]footprints
All [Am]over this town

[Outro 1]
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