Never Buy The Sun chords by Billy Bragg

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Verse 1
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Someone's
hiding
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in the bushes with a telephoto lens
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While their editor assures them
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the means justifies the ends
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'Cause we only hunt celebrities,
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it's all a bit of fun
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The Scousers never buy the Sun

Verse 2
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The parents of the missing girl
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cling desperately to hope
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A copper takes improper payments
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in a thick brown envelope
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And no one in the newsroom asks "Where's
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this headline from?"
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Scousers never buy the Sun

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Verse 3
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Tabloids make their money
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betting bullshit baffles brains
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And they cynically hold up their
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hands if anyone complains
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And they say: "All we're doing is giv
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ing people what they want"
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Well, they're crying out for justice,
people crying out for justice
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And the man they call "The
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Digger" casts a proprietary eye
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Over what happens in the gutter
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and what goes on in the sky
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And he claims he's fit and proper
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and the watchdog sings his song
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But the Scousers never buy the Sun

Verse 4
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International executives,
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they hang their heads in shame
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And tell us with their hands on heart,
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the paper boy's to blame
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But you who love that kiss and tell,
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you must bear some guilt as well
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Scousers never buy the Sun

Verse 5
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Tabloids make their millions
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betting bullshit baffles brains
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And they cynically hold up their
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hands if anyone complains
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And they say: "All we're doing is giving
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people what they want"
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Well, they're crying out for justice,

Interlude 1

people crying out for justice

Verse 6
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In the corridors of power they all
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sit down to sup
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With the devil and his minions,
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and they ask for his opinions
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And the politicians wring their hands and
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cry: "What's to be done?"
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But the Scousers never buy
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the Sun

Verse 7
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No one comes out looking good
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when all is said and done
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But the Scousers never buy the Sun
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"Justice for the Nottingham Six"