New names for old chords by Cyril Tawney

SimplifiedAm · Em · E · Dm

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Verse 1
Am 
Em 
New names for old,
Am 
new names for old
Poor little
Limey left out in the cold
She's got her freedom,
Em 
Am 
and he's got his gold
E 
Am 
Dm 
So why does he keep crying,
Am 
new names for old?
Em 
Am 
Girl in the sunshine, home,
U .S .I.
Pleading with
Whitehall for time to make
high,
Learns how the permits
Em 
Am 
E 
are grudgingly doled.
Am 
Dm 
And here's the first whisper
Am 
of new names for old
Em 
Am 
New names for old, new names for old
Dm 
She hears the first whisper
Am 
of new names for old
Em 
Am 
Find a pro viso, seek out a clause
Show me a way round these
alien laws
There's one solution
E 
that's simple and bold,
Am 
Dm 
Am 
A   cheeky charade known as
New
Names for
Old.
New
Names for
Em 
Old,
Am 
New
Names for
Old,
Dm 
Am 
A cheeky charade known as
New
Names for
Old.
Em 
Am 
Bury your scruples, swallow your pride
Sweep all conventions
and standards aside
E 
Skittles must fall for a score to be polled
And
Am 
Whitehall can't
Dm 
touch it with new names
Am 
Em 
New names for old,
Am 
new names for old
Dm 
Whitehall can't touch you with
Am 
new names for old
Em 
Am 
Boy in the shadows, boy with a name
Longs for the glow of
the fair lady's flame
Dreams of the pleasures that
E 
marriage might hold
Am 
Dm 
And takes a long gamble on
Am 
new names for old
Em 
Am 
New names for old, new names for old
Dm 
Am 
He takes a long gamble on new names
Dm 
Am 
for old
Em 
Am 
Registrar's office, bleak and discreet,
Gather the loose ends and toy
them up neat,
Smiling young couple,
E 
so sweet to behold
The
Am 
Grand
Dm 
Am 
Masqueraders, in new names for old
Em 
Am 
New names for old, new names for old
The
Grand
Dm 
Am 
Masqueraders,  in new names for old
Em 
Am 
Girl on a pedestal, tasting the joys
Walks arm -in -arm with her
alien boys
Sheepskin around her,
E 
she's snug in the fold
Am 
Dm 
And blessing the day,
Am 
she played new names
Em 
New for old, new names for old
Am 
New new names for old
Dm 
She's blessing the days she
played
Am 
New names for old
Em 
Boy in the smoke -room,
Am 
chill in his hand
Treating companions and livin' it grand
Back to front
E 
Judas, rejecting his gold,
Am 
Dm 
And cursing the die, he played
Am 
New
Names for
Old.
New
Names for
Em 
Old,
New
Am 
Names for
Old,
Dm 
He's cursing the die, he played
Am 
New
Names for
Old.
Em 
Am 
No need to chorus, we told you so,
Miracles do happen sometimes, you know,
E 
And skittles must fall for a score to be bold.
Am 
Dm 
Am 
So empty your glasses, lads, new names for old,
Em 
Am 
new names for old, new names for old.
Dm 
Empty your glasses, lads,
Am 
Dm 
Am 
new names for old.
Em 
Am 
New names for old, new names for old,
Poor little
Limey left out in the cold,
She's got her freedom,
Em 
Am 
E 
and he's got his gold.
Am 
Dm 
Am 
So why is he still cry in' new names for old?