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John Cooper Clarke
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
C

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Dm
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C
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Verse 1
F
F

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You can count on him.
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F
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C
C

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He'll always let you down.
F
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While you hang about for him.
Em
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Dm
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C
C

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He's in another town.
F
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He gets from A to B,
Em
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Dm
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He can't see eye to eye,
C
C

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G
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G

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F
F

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With anyone... If you ask me...
C
C

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He doesn't try
Am
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G
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C
C

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Verse 2

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Dm

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F

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Check his empty pockets
Em
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G
G

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Check 'em more than once
C
C

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F
F

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He hasn't got it,
Em
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Dm
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Whatever it is that you want.
C
C

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Energy is a four letter word
Em
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Dm
Dm

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C
C

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He doesn't buy
G
G

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F
F

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Here he comes now - 23rd
Dm
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Am
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G
G

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He doesn't try
Verse 3
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G

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Am
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C
C

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F
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Compassion, it isn't necessary
Em
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Dm
Dm

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His sickness is an act
C
C

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F
F

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He'll make you an accessory
Em
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C
C

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After this obvious fact
F
F

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You must excuse him
Em
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Dm
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Ask his Mother why
C
C

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G
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F

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You can't abuse him
Am
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Dm
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A
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G

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He doesn't try
Verse 4
C
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F
F

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It doesn't pay to help him
Em
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Dm
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he's somewhere else
C
C

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F
F

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Tell 'im - you can't tell him
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Dm
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He's a fool to himself
C
C

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"What's in it for me"
F
F

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- you know the kind
Em
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Dm
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C
C

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Always saying "Why?"
G
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F
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Two weeks behind
Dm
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He doesn't try
Am
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Verse 5

C
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F
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Bikes, buses, trucks, and trains,
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Dm
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G
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Gangways, ladders, and ramps
C
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Am
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F
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A seemingly endless chain
Em
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Dm
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of pickpockets and tramps
C
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He wears the look of false
Em
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alarm like an old school
Dm
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C
C

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tie
G
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Somone ought to twist his arm
Dm
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he doesn't try
Interlude 1
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Em
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C
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Em
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C
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C
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Verse 6
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Laugh? It isn't funny
Dm
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No respect for pain
C
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If you give him money
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He slings it down the drain
C
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You're looking for Mr. Right
Em
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Dm
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His type need not apply
C
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He won't play the white man
Dm
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He doesn't try
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • Dm

  • Em

  • F

  • G

  • Am

  • A

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of 23rd by John Cooper Clarke is C major.

The primary chords used in 23rd are C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am.

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