And a Bang On the Ear chords by
The Waterboys

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Lindsay was my first love

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She was in my class

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I would have loved to take her out

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But I was too shy to ask

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The fullness of my feeling

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Was never made clear

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But I send her my love

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And a bang on the ear

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Nora was my girl

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When I first was in a group

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I can still see her to this day

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Stirring chicken soup

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Now she's living in Australia

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Working for an auction eer

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But I send her my love

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And a bang on the ear

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Deborah broke my heart

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And I the willing fool

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I fell for her one summer

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On the road to Liverpool

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I thought it was forever

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But it was over within the

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year (oh dear)

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But I send her my love

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And a bang on the

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ear

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The home I made with Bella

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Became a house of pain

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We weathered it together

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Bound by a ball and chain

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It started up in Fife

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It ended up in tears

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But I send her my love

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And a bang on the ear

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Krista was a rover

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From Canada she hailed

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We crossed swords in San Francisco

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We both lived to tell the tale

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I don't know now where she is

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Oh, but if I had her here

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I'd give her my love

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And a bang on the ear

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So my woman of the hearth fire

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Harbor of my soul

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I watch you lightly sleeping

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I sense the dream that does

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unfold...like gold

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You to me are treasure

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You to me are dear

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So I'll give you my love

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And a bang on the ear

Outro 1

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The original key of And a Bang On the Ear by The Waterboys is G major.

The primary chords used in And a Bang On the Ear are G, D, C, Em.

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