Northern Industrial Town chords by 
Billy Bragg 
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
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It's just a northern
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indus_ trial town
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The front door_ s of the houses
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open into the street
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A
There's no room for front gar_ dens
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Just a two-up, two-down
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D
In In In a north_ ern indus_ trial town
Verse 2
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And you can see the green
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hills 'cross the rooftops
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A
And a fresh_ er wind blows past
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the end of our block
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In the evenings the mis_ t
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comes rolling on down
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Into a northern indus_ trial town
Verse 3
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And there's only two teams in this town
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D
And you must follow one or the other
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Let us win, let them lose
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Not the other way round
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In a north_ ern indus_ trial
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town
Verse 4
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And the streetlights look
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pretty and bright
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From the tops of the hill_ s
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that rise dark in the night
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If it weren't for the rain,
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you might never come down
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To your north_ ern indus_ trial town
Verse 5
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And on pay_ day they tear
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the place down
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With a pint in your hand and
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a bash 'em out band
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Sure they'd dance to the rhythm
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of the rain falling down
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In a north_ ern indus_ trial town
Verse 6
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And there's plenty of artists around
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Painters, steal cars, poet_ s,
nicked guitars
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'Cause we're out of the black
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and we're into the red
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So give us this day our daily bread
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In a north_ ern indus_ trial town
Verse 7
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But it's not Leeds or
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Manchester_
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D
Liverpool, Shef_ field nor Glas_ gow
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It's not New_ castle-on-Thyne
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It's It's Belfast
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It's just a northern indus_ trial town
Verse 8
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Merry Christ_ mas, war is over
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In a northern in_ dustrial town
Outro 1
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