Save the Village chords by Jerry Herman
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Verse 1
(E minor) (G major) (F major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) Cease,
(D minor) oh cease this senseless demolition.
(B flat minor) Save, oh save our landmarks
(F major) from this pillage.
(F minor) Won't you sign your name
to our petition
Won't (B flat minor) you sign your name
(F major) an d save the (C major) village
(F major) Don't tear down the (B flat major) house (C major) of (F major) detention
Keep (B flat minor) her and (D minor) shield her
from (G major) all who wish her (C major) harm
Don't (F major) tear down the (B flat major) house
(C major) of deten (F major) tion
Corner (G minor) (C major) stone (D minor) of
(G minor) Greenwich Village (F major) charm
Do (B flat minor) not disperse (B flat major) the (F major) chums
I've adored
Ginny (D minor) McManus, (G major) Patty Ward
(C major) An (F major) d the rest, too tender (C major) to (F major) mention
Girls (B flat major) who in (D minor) stilled me
with (G major) decency and (C major) truth
(F major) Don't tear down the (B flat major) house (C major) of detention
(F major) Let (D minor) (C major) it stand (D minor) a
symbol (G minor) of (C major) my (F major) youth
(E flat minor) A (B flat minor) golden memory's
(F major) locked in every lock (B flat minor) er
The (F minor) (B flat minor) basement track meet
(F major) and the rooftop (B flat major) soccer
Fight (E flat major) , fight, fight for H of D
Fight for truth and ca (F major) marader (B flat major) ie
Soc (F minor) cer (B flat major) champions (E flat major) of the (C minor) century
Only (F major) victors of the Brooklyn (B flat major) ladies'
penitentiary
We march togeth (E flat major) er
in the yard as one sorority
(A flat major) Fight (F minor) we're gonna, win we (A flat minor) gotta
(G major) Sell (E flat major) your mother (C major) for your (B flat minor) alma
mater (C minor) (F minor) H (B flat major) .R (E flat major) .D. (C major)
(F major) So I beg you, (B flat major) send (C major) us a pat (F major) ron
Sign (B flat minor) a few (D minor) lists,
so that (G major) they will not dis (C major) pose
(F major) Of our dear, be (B flat major) loved (C major) head (F major) matron
With (G major) (C major) the gray (D minor) ing hair
(G major) an (C major) d rubber hose (F major)
(B flat major) Out (B flat minor) of the night,
(B flat major) (F major) a voice within me stutters
Make them (D minor) safe, my little window,
(G major) Overlooking sut (C major) ters.
(F major) So I say, Fie, Fie (B flat major) (C major) to the (F major) cynic,
Know (B flat minor) that there's (D minor) love
In these (G major) hallowed walls of (C major) brown.
(F major) There's love in the laundry.
There's love in the showers.
There's (B flat major) love in (F major) the clinic,
(D minor) it was (G minor) built (C major) with love (D minor)
(B flat major) My (G minor) lovely house (F major) in town
Save (F minor) the tramp,
the percher and the souse
(A flat minor) Would (A flat major) (E flat major) you trade love (C minor) for an
(B flat minor) apartment house? (C major)
(F minor) Oh, save my (B flat major) house up with a D and an
E and a T and an A and an M -T -I -O -N!
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