Postcards From The British Empire chords by Phenomenal Cat

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Woke up from a bad dream
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of cigarettes and a civil war
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The English army are fighting it
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but they don't know
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What they're fighting for
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Down the streets, down the avenues
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We used to meet on Fridays together
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I love you forever
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Orange and green, blue and red
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I turned on the TV,
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they were sleeping in
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the same old bed
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Don't think it'll rain today,
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don't think it'll rain today
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It's Friday, whatever,
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let's not talk about the weather
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Postcards from the British,
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Postcards from the British,
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Postcards from the British Empire

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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Walking through the old post town,
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pubs and churches being closed down,
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and Woolworths is empty.
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All the money we spent last
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century on holidays,
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TV sets and homages,
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bills and cigarettes.
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All the things you couldn't afford,
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but all the things that stopped
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you getting bored.
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Postcards from the British.
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Postcards from the British.
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Postcards from the British Empire
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North, Tyne, Docker, North
4 or 5, backing South
5 to 7, showers moderate or good.
Fisher, German
Bight, East veering South
4 or 5, occasionally 6,
rain then fair, moderate or good.
Humber, north backing south
four or five, occasionally six later,
rain then fair, good, occasionally poor.
Thames, Dover, White, north and north -west, six to Gale,
eight becoming variable three, then south -west four or five...