In Recognition chords by The Proclaimers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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In recogni
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tion of a hundred million album sales
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In recognition of your popularity
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You take your gaudy prize
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From people you said you despise
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You wear your self-respect upon
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upon your bended knee
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In spite of

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Verse 2

all your claims

It looks like you're just the same

As every other clown who

likes to put the crown

Before or after their name

Verse 3
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In recognition of your ser
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vice to the working class
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In recognition of your party loyalty
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You get an er mine robe
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And you declare when you are probed
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You only took it so the mis
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sus would be pleased

Verse 4
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In spite of all your claims
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It looks like you're just the same
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As every other clown who
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likes to put the crown
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Before or after their names

Verse 5

Oh vanity

It gets them one by one

Cat, religion, monarchy

But only in tale, fairly frail

Verse 6
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In recognition of your
bravery up on the stage
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In recognition of your bankability
You get to wait in lines
With soldiers crippled by land mines
And you think it's the Yanks
that don't get irony

Verse 7
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In spite of all your claims
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It looks like you're just the same
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As every other clown who
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likes to put the crown
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G 
Before or after their name

Verse 8
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In spite of all your claims
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It looks like you're just the same
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As every other clown who
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likes to put the crown
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Before or after their name
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Their name