How Everyone But Sam Was A Hypocrite chords by Sandy Denny, Strawbs

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (E minor)  (F major)  (C major)  (E minor) Old  (F major) 
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 (C major) School Songs  (E minor)  (A minor) 
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Half a bitter for the  (E minor) vicar
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He's  (F major) here to save your  (E minor) soul
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 (E major) He's  (A minor) looking fat and jovi (E minor) al
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Though he's  (F major) nearly on the dole  (E minor) 
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Anne  (F major) Riley cooks his  (C major) dinner
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She  (F major) keeps him washed and  (C major) fed
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She  (F major) doesn't need much prompting  (C major) 
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To  (A minor) jump into his bed.  (E minor) 

Verse 2
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And they  (C major) all think they're  (E minor) so grand  (F major) 
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Yes, they all  (C major) think they're  (E minor) so  grand  (F major) 
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Yes, they all  (C major) think they're  (E minor) so  grand  (F major) 
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But they're not  (A minor) 
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 (E minor) Oh no they're  (A minor) not.

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Verse 3
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Dr. Watson  (A minor) drinks large  (E minor) whiskies
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He's  (F major) nearly always high  (E minor) 
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 (E major) He sup (A minor) plements his
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 (E minor) income  (F major) 
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Aborting on the sly  (E minor) 
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Mrs. Thompson  (F major) is an an (C major) gel
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In  (F major) the  (C major) W.V.S.
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Her meals  (F major) on wheels are  (C major) very cheap
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And she cooks  (A minor) the books for less.  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
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Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Sammy Cohen  (A minor) is the bookie  (E minor) 
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Sit (F major) ting over there  (E minor) 
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Drink (A minor) ing three star  (E minor) brandy
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He  (F major) doesn't seem to care  (E minor) 
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No-  (F major) one wants to  (C major) know him
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They  (F major) say he's been inside  (C major) 
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They  (F major) say his dear old  (C major) mother
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Com (A minor) mitted suicide.
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 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 

Interlude 2

Verse 5
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Dr.  (A minor) Watson charged Anne  (E minor) Riley
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A fifty  (F major) guinea fee  (E minor) 
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 (E major) For  (A minor) Mr. Thompson's  (E minor) peace of mind
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As  (F major) far as I can see  (E minor) 
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Mrs.  (F major) Thompson envies  (C major) Annie
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Cook (F major) ing for the preach (C major) er
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And  (F major) everyone thinks Sam  (C major) 
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Is a quite  (F major) disgusting creature  (C major) 
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But  (F major) if the truth was known  (C major) 
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It would shake  (F major) all their founda (C major) tions
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It  (F major) seems the preacher  (C major) lives
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On Sam's an (A minor) onymous donation
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