battersea boys chords by Chris Difford

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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My
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brother was gifted he had a great voice
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Not like the other  young
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Batter sea Boys

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Verse 2

He knew every opera

and sang in the street

With Sally’s Army he’d play tambour- ine

My dad could not take it he

called him a poof

For singing Puc- cini so

misunder- stood

When

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he was fourteen
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my brother was sent
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To the Salvation Army
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to live with his friends
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My mum hit the bottle as
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her son left home
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Stood in our bedroom
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and cried all a- lone
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My

Verse 4
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brother was gifted
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he had a great voice
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Not like the other  young Bat
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tersea Boys
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Verse 5
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He studied his music and we kept in touch
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We still have that old stream
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of brotherly love
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He sings for his supper,
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still wants to be
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A voice on the big stage with his own

Interlude 1

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Verse 6
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Our parents are long gone
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cold in the ground
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I served time in prison but they
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weren’t a- round
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I love my sweet brother his
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voice makes me cry
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We sing for forgiveness as time
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passes us by

Verse 7
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My brother was gifted he had a great voice
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Not like the other  young
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My brother was gifted he had a great voice
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Not like the other  young
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Batter sea Boys