Clifton Beach chords by 
Jeremy Taylor 
N/A
Key: D# minor•
Verse 1
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Now here's a piece
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Of history
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That they didn't teach me
In standard three
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When Jonah was shipped
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in the belly of a whale
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His torians snipped
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A morsel off the tale
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And be fore the gates of
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Ninevah were reached
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The whale made a call at Clifton Beach
Verse 2
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Now what's all this
Sir Johah, here's a life of perfect
bliss among the damsels in the
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Pink bikinis
Lovely knees
Naughty knees
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Any little knee will do
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So the Lord put Jonah back
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into the whale and he said
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For the sake of your soul,
I'll change the tale
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And send you on to another land,
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a not so hot- and- bothered land
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Any other land will do
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Verse 3
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Now if you take a look
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You will understand
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Why Jonah mistook if
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for the promised land
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On Clifton now in the
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twentieth century
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There's not much change
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in the scenery
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Except for the fact
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That high above the rocks
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Stand s some very big apartment blocks
Verse 4
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So girls beware
The dirty old men who sit and stare
from the windows on the
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Fourth beach, Third beach,
First beach, any beach
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Any little beach will do
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With their eyes a- goggle and
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their tongues a- dangle
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As they shift in their seats
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To get a better angle on your
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Backside, front side,
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all their eyes are open wide
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Any little side will do
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Verse 5
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Now this government and
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oppos ition in peace
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And guardians of public mor ality
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Free State farmers and
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members of the force
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And the moral re- armours are there,
of course
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And the dear old ladies who
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eternally com plain
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All of them wishing
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they could do the same
Verse 6
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So what's the use of composing speeches
Of abuse while you're still
looking through your
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Opera glasses, telescopes, periscopes
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Any little scope will do
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Butchers, bakers and the
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candlestick makers
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Hotel porters and the flat caretaker s
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Yes, they're all a lot
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of peeping toms
Scarcely over- sleeping toms
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Any little peep will do
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Verse 7
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Now Helen of Troy in days of old
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Launched a thousand ships,
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or so I'm told
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And Ulysses battled with the
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sirens three
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Leucosia, Ligeia and Parthenope
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And I daresay there's many
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a sailor of today
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Finds his heart on fire as
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he leaves Table Bay
It's not just him
For even all the fishes turn and swim
towards the shore to see the
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Sirens on parade, try and catch a mermaid
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Any little maid will do
Verse 8
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The birds dip their wings
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in the skies above
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The bees forget to sting,
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they're so much in love
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With all the flowers growing on the sand
The lilies from the promised land
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A heavenly land, it's true
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And any other land won't do
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