Borstal Boys chords by
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Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Cell block
five; how I hate bromide
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With your coffee in the morning; makes
you so sterile
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The corner gang never made a man of me,
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boy, no
Verse 2
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You know the walls are tall,
and the inmates scheme
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There's no one here
that's more than seventeen
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Bet your life there's a riot tonight in the mess hall,
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listen
Verse 3
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A letter from your home
town makes you sad
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You read it when the warden's
had a second laugh
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He said sentimental rubbish ain't
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got no place in here, boy
Verse 4
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See the years roll on by
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Such a senseless waste of time
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What a way to reform
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Call out your number
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Who's a non conformer?
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Not me, baby, oh yeah
Verse 5
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Shakey Brown didn't hang around
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When a Molotov didn't do its stuff
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You went back in there and said it
with a sawed-off shotgun
Verse 6
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shotgun
Verse 7
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You know Poker Sam couldn't lose a hand
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If he did, you was hit by
a downtown tram
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Or crushed in the path of a moving elevator,
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elevator
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See the
Verse 8
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years roll on by
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What a senseless waste of time
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What a way to reform
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Call out your number
Who's a non conformer?
Verse 9
Not me, baby, oh
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When I get out, I'll get straight
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If this old world gives me half a break
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But, if you see me in the corner
with a chip on my shoulder
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Don't blame me, don't blame me, baby, no, no, chip,
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ooo , ow ow ow ow
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
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Got to make a break for
Outro 1
the county line
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