Key: B major•
Intro 1
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F#
G#m
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E
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B
F#
B
Verse 1
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G#m
Mr. Edward Say ers
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E
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was brought up in Lancashire.
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A#
G#m
His father was a miller
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B
by trade and a lover
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A
But Edward was a musician at heart,
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F#
Not knowing where to start.
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F#
G#m
And that was the rise and fall
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E
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B
Of Mr Sayer's broken heart.
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B
A
Not many noticed the leveled -up land,
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or the final bow of the brass band
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G#m
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E
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B
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G#m
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Every Tuesday after work,
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he'd walk to rehearsal hall
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look his very best,
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was a special night after all
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A
They'd walk the hall to the military call
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And when they'd rehearsed
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E
G#m
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They'd march around the town
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B
Not many noticed
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Or the final bow of the brass band
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G#m
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E
Bo -bo -bo -bo -bo -bo -bo -bo -bo -bo -bo
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G#m
Membership fell from thirty to ten
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E
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Reliables close at hand
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G#m
And that wasn't late, from four to eight
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E
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When two joined a rock and roll band
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A
Their uniforms became ragged and torn
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B
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G#m
One pair of feet walked a silent street
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E
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B
As Edward's dream had ended
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B
Not many noticed
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B
Or the final bow of the brass band
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G#m
E
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E
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His trumpet rests in a careful grave
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on a shelf beside the door
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With a photograph of
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his mum and dad,
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taken before the war
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A
Edward stares into the blind,
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B
E
his face is filled with sorrow
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But he's thinking of joining
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E
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B
He's seeing someone tomorrow
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But the council took down the bandstand
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A
Not many noticed the levelled outland
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On the final bow of the brass
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F#
G#m
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B
band
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# G#m E A#...
B
F#
G#m
E
A#
C#m
A
Capo: 4
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