July 13th 1985 chords by John Wesley Harding
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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July 13th 1985
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Was the day we watched Live Aid
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The Global Jukebox came alive
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We fed the world that day
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We fed the world that day
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Verse 2
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It was a day for a party we
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made a lot of food
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And we ate it sure as hell
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Vegetarian salads without any meat
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There was leftovers as well
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Everybody laughed when I said
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Thinking of the people
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either dying or dead
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"Let's pick up the leftovers
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Send them to the starving children
in Ethiopia"
Verse 3
(My mother used to say that)
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Sure I was pleased to give money
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Cause it was not a political cause
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I just remember the smiling faces
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The music and the applause
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I spent thirty quid on coke
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I smoked a little too much dope
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I was wiped out from five til seven
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I missed Spandau Ballet
and The reformed Who
Verse 4
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July 13th 1985
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Was the day we watched Live Aid
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The Global Jukebox came alive
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We fed the world that day
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We fed the world that day
Verse 5
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The mu sic was fucking brilliant
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And that Madonna she sure can move
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By the time Paul Mc
Cartney's microphone had failed
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We were all well into the Live Aid groove
And Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney sang...
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Verse 6
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Which must have been a bit of an irony
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Cos if you "Let it Be"
nothing will ever improve
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But it was one of the first times I ever heard
One of the real Beatles
Sing a real Beatles' song live
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on television
I was really moved
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July
Verse 7
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13th 1985 was the day
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we watched Live Aid
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The Global Jukebox came alive
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We fed the world that day
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We fed the world that day
Verse 8
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Well the powerful voice
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of pop music
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Solve the problems, feed the world
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So what if there weren't
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any blacks involved
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There was Everything but the Girl
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Bob Geldof has no ego
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That man should get the Nobel Prize
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By the time he sang the
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solo on Feed the World
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I thought he should be canonized
Verse 9
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I felt guilty about the starving
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but I felt good to be alive
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And I must admit I shed a tear or two
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In the very moving video for the
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great Cars song Drive
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Saint Bob made me feel like shit
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So I got out an envelope, opened it
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Put in a very crisp ten pound note
It was the same one I used
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earlier to snort my coke
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And that made me feel good inside
Verse 10
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July 13th 1985 was the day
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we watched Live Aid
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The Global Jukebox came alive
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We fed the world that day
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We fed the world that day
Outro 1
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July 13th 1985
John Wesley Harding
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