1983 chords by Lindisfarne
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Talk about the last war,
the past war, the one before
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I wanna salute the troops and what is more
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I'd like to toast a drink to
the stink of the semaphore
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I wanna parade on the graves of the
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gone before
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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We were all together then,
officers and gentlemen
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Prisoners and pressmen,
hound dogs and yellow men
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Three million dead or more, what a score
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With God on your side you'll
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never loose another war
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But don't despair,
Verse 3
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there's more to come
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Make your repairs, re- skin your drum
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And I'll guarantee World War Three
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Will be the biggest show
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you've ever seen
Verse 4
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The
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Russians are coming,
I can feel it in my piss
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Better get out your gun,
set your sights and don't miss
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Better break out a bottle,
make a toast to the past
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If it don't taste like vodka,
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you'd better make it last
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But don't despair,
Verse 5
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there's more to come
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Make your repairs, re- skin your drum
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And I'll guarantee World War Three
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Will be the biggest show you've ever
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seen
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Verse 6
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But don't despair,
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there's more to come
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Make your repairs, re- skin your drum
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And I'll guarantee World War Three
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Will be the biggest show you've
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ever seen
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Verse 7
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What's this I see? There's still
foliage on the tree
Someone said hello,
it was surely meant for me
Hello, I replied, feeling strange inside
He took me by the hand and he
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whispered an aside
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Verse 8
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It's alright,
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don't let it worry your head
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War is over now but unfortunately
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you are dead
Interlude 4
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Verse 9
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But don't despair,
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there's more to come
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Come on make your repairs,
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re- skin your drum
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And I'll guarantee World War Three
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Will be the biggest show you've ever
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seen
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1983
Lindisfarne
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