I Know chords by The Proclaimers

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Intro 1

Verse 1

You'd lay your life

down for this country

Lay it down for fools like me

I know, I know, I know you would

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Verse 2

You'd make the ultimate sacrifice

Lose yourself on a throw of the dice

I know, I know, I know you would

'Cause the

Verse 3
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line you come
from stretches back
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In an unbroken chain
other countries lack
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Every single corner of the world
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Has seen our banners being unfurled
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You've won and lost and battled on
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Whether  the cause was right or wrong

Verse 4

God knows what you do to the enemy

'Cause you scare the

living hell out of me

Verse 5

He'd lay his life down for his country

He'd like to kill fools like me

I know, I know, I know he would

Verse 6

He'd make the ultimate sacrifice

Blow himself to paradise

I know, I know, I know he would

Verse 7
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And the line he comes from stretches back
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In an unbroken chain other countries lack
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In the farthest corners
of the world
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Where he's watched our
banners being unfurled
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He's won and lost and battled on
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Whether  his cause was
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right or wrong

Verse 8

He's this generation's enemy

And he scares the living hell out of me

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Verse 9

No more war, it's not gonna happen

Not while there's men

willing to fight in them

Verse 10
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No more war,
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it's not gonna happen
Not while there's patriotism,
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Not while there's patriotism,
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No more war,

Verse 11

it's not gonna happen

Not while there's some saying

That this is the last one,

No more war,

Verse 12

it's not gonna happen

Not while religious nuts

Are willing to spill their guts

Verse 13
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And the line we come from stretches back
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In an unbroken chain no country lacks
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To the darkest corner of a cave
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Where there's a weapon made to stave
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Or gouge or choke or cut and kill
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In a hundred     years we'll be fighting still
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I  know, I know, I  know,
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I know we will.