Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
a man the other night
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Saying isn't a beautiful sky
And although he agreed
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it was just to please me
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I could tell that by the look in his eye
Verse 2
got bolder
looking over his shoulder
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At me as he quickened his step
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as I had planned
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I threw a stone instead.
Verse 3
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There's a house I know
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where roses grow
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I was there the other day.
Verse 4
coming down the road
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She was coming my way
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it under her nose
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She said, "What about my hay fever".
Verse 5
came out
and he started to shout
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He wasn't very happy either.
La, la, la, la, la,
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Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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I was happy and drunk as could be.
A policewoman come up and she said
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That night the cells would sober me
Verse 7
ain't be in bars I got
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drunk on the stars
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You can't pin nothing on me
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She said "I can't I'm on duty".
Verse 8
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la,
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I was in the park, it was just before dark
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And there grows a tree of mine.
Verse 9
walking her dog
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Around the football pitch line.
well it belongs to me
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I'd like to give it to you".
Verse 10
she said "Cheers
although it's been mine for years
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It was a very nice thing to do".
I went la, la, la, la, la,
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la.
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A E Am
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