Key: D major
Verse 1
D
C
D
C
D
Far illumination shivers
shadows on the streets
The Cypriot sailors
find the world back at their feet
F
C#
Endless days of tobacco,
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C#
nights by the radio
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C#
I wonder if they'll ever go
Dm
D
Dm
to heaven
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Dm
Heaven
in a table of froth
The bar girl is serving
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D
with a check -drying cloth
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C#
She'll bend over backwards,
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C#
even though she's knackered
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C#
I wonder if they'll have her
Dm
D
Dm
up in heaven
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Heaven
Dm
F
Em
Like the sailors I'll walk home,
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Em
Heaven's round the corner,
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A
C
D
C
and I love her
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A
D
The officers and seamen
elbow places at the bar
Words to tempt the goddess
thoughtly beats upon the hearts
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D
F
C#
But she'll service his pleasure
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F
treasure that his wife
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Dm
D
Dm
Keeps forever up in heaven
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Dm
Heaven
Dm
D
Threw too much for the street
No one sees each other,
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D
just their presence there to meet
Dm
D
F
C#
Your chin takes a snuggle
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C#
at the sight of a funnel
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C#
And the gangplank is no trouble
Dm
D
Dm
up to heaven
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Heaven
Dm
F
Em
Like the sailors I walk home,
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Dm
A
F
it's six a .m.
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Eb
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D
F
D
A
in a comfortable bed, and I love her.
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A
Dm
Bb
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Dm
A
Dm
A
Dm
A
Outro 1
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