Post World War Two Blues
Post World War Two Blues

Post World War Two Blues easy guitar chords by Al Stewart

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E A D G B E

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Fret 4

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  • D

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    2
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    2
  • Verse 1
    was 
    post-war 
    baby 

    baby 
    in 
    a small 
    Scots 
    town 

    was three 
    years 
    old 
    when 

    we 
    moved 
    down 
    south 

    Hard 
    times 
    written 
    in 

    my 
    mother's 
    looks 

    With 
    her 
    widow's 
    pension 

    and 
    her 
    ration 
    books 

    Aneurin 
    Bevan 
    took 
    the miners' 
    cause 

    The 
    the House 
    of 
    Commons 

    in 
    his 
    coal 
    dust 
    voice 

    We 
    were locked 
    up 
    safe 

    and warm 
    from 
    the snow 

    With 
    "Life 
    with 
    the 
    Lyons" 

    on 
    the ra
    dio 

    And 
    Churchill 
    said 
    to 

    Louis 
    Mountbatten 

    "I just 
    can't 
    stand 
    to see 
    you 
    today 

    How 
    could 
    you 
    have gone 
    and given 

    In
    dia 
    away?" 

    Mountbatten just 
    frowned, 

    said 
    "What 
    can I 
    say? 

    Some 
    of these 
    things 
    slip 

    through your 
    hands 

    And 
    there's 
    no 
    good 
    talking 
    or 

    mak
    ing 
    plans" 

    But Churchill 
    he 
    just 
    flapped 
    his 
    wings 

    Said 
    "I don't 
    really 
    care 
    to 

    discuss 
    these 
    thing
    s, 
    but 

    Oh, 
    every 
    time 
    look 
    at 
    you 

    I feel 
    so 
    low 
    don't 

    know 
    what 
    to 
    do 

    Well 
    every 
    day 
    just 
    seems 
    to 

    bring 
    bad 
    news 

    Leaves 
    me 
    here 
    with 
    the Post 

    World 
    War 
    Two 
    Blues" 

    Verse 2

    1959 was 
    a very 
    strange 
    time 

    A bad 
    year 
    for 
    Labour 
    and a 

    good 
    year 
    for 
    wine 

    Uncle 
    Ike 
    was 
    our 
    American 
    pal 

    And 
    nobody 
    talked 
    about 

    the Suez 
    Canal 

    I can 
    still 
    remember 
    the 

    last 
    time 
    I cried 

    The day 
    that 
    Buddy 
    Holly 
    died 

    I never 
    met 
    him, 

    so 
    it 
    may 
    seem 
    strange 

    Don't 
    some 
    people 
    just 

    affect 
    you 
    that 
    way 

    And all 
    in 
    all 
    it 
    was 
    good 

    The 
    even 
    seemed 
    to 
    be 
    in 

    an optimistic 
    mood 

    While 
    TW3 sa
    t and 
    laughed 
    at 
    it 
    all 

    Till 
    some 
    began 
    to see 

    the cracks 
    in 
    the walls 

    And 
    one 
    day 
    Macmillan 
    was 

    coming 
    downstairs 

    A voice 
    in 
    the dark 
    caught 
    him 
    unawares 

    It 
    was Christine 
    Keeler 
    blow

    ing 
    him 
    a kiss 

    He said 
    "I 
    never 
    believed 

    it 
    could 
    hap
    pen 
    like 
    this 

    But 
    oh, 
    every 
    time 
    I look 
    at 
    you 

    I feel 
    so 
    low I 
    don't 

    know 
    what 
    to 
    do 

    Well 
    every 
    day 
    just 
    seems 
    to 

    bring 
    bad 
    news 

    Leaves 
    me 
    here 
    with 
    the post 
    World 
    War 
    Two 
    Blues" 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 3
    came 
    up 
    to 
    London 
    when 
    was 
    nineteen 

    With 
    a cor
    duroy 
    jacket 
    and 

    a head 
    full 
    of dreams 

    In coffee 
    bars 
    I spent 
    my 
    nights 

    Reading 
    Allen 
    Ginsberg, 
    talking 
    civil 
    rights 

    The 
    day 
    Robert 
    Kennedy 

    got 
    shot 
    down 

    The world 
    was 
    wearing 
    a deep
    er 
    frown 

    And 
    though 
    knew 
    that 
    we'd 
    lost 
    a friend 

    always 
    believed 
    we 

    would win 
    in 
    the end 

    'Cause 
    music 
    was 
    the 

    scenery 

    Jimi Hendrix 
    played 
    loud 
    and 
    free 

    Sergeant 
    Pepper 
    was 
    real 
    to 
    me 

    Songs 
    and 
    poems 
    were 

    all 
    you 
    needed 

    Which 
    way 
    did the 
    six
    ties 
    go? 

    Now 
    Ra
    mona's 
    in 
    Desol
    ation 
    Row 

    And 
    where 
    I'm 
    going 
    hardly 
    know 

    It surely 
    wasn't 
    like 
    this 
    be
    fore 
    but 

    Oh, 
    every 
    time 
    look 
    around 

    I feel 
    so 
    low 
    my 
    head 

    seems 
    under
    ground 

    Well 
    every 
    day 
    just 
    seems 
    to 

    bring 
    bad 
    news

    Leaves 
    me 
    here 
    with 
    the Post 

    World 
    War 
    Two 
    Blues 

    Verse 4

    Oh, 
    every 
    time 
    I look 
    at 
    you 

    feel 
    so 
    low 
    don't 

    know 
    what 
    to 
    do 

    Well 
    every 
    day 
    just 
    seems 
    to 

    bring 
    bad 
    news 

    Leaves 
    me 
    here 
    with 
    the post 

    Outro 1
    World 
    War 
    Two 
    Blues 



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