Smoke chords by Tracey Thorn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
From  (E minor) Carlton Road came
Mirriam and Joab
Bm 
Came  (B minor) Mirriam and Joab
A 
Came  (A major) MIrriam and Joab
Em 
From the  (E minor) wide flat fields
to the rolling smoke
Bm 
To the  (B minor) rolling smoke
A 
To the  (A major) rolling smoke
Em 
I made a  (E minor) little home in the family
Bm 
A 
A family,  (B minor) a family  (A major) 
G 
Em 
A 
As the  (G major) years  (E minor) went by they  (A major) led to me
Em 
Bm 
Led  (E minor) to me  (B minor) 

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Verse 2
Em 
 (E minor) In  good time they had a
son called James
Who had a son called James,
A 
were there  (A major) no other names?
Em 
The  (E minor) first world war and the
second one came
The second one came
A 
The  (A major) second one came
Em 
My  (E minor) mother now was
a teenage girl
She survived the blitz
A 
She sur (A major) vived the blitz
Em 
Though she  (E minor) knew a girl,
A 
who knew a  (A major) girl
Em 
Who was  (E minor) blown to bits
G 
Who was blown to bits  (G major) (ah, ha)

Verse 3

London you in my blood and

You've been there for so long

London you in my blood but

I feel you going wrong

Verse 4
Em 
 (E minor) 
And so my parents fled the smoke
A 
Some ancient feel for green  (A major) awoke
Em 
But  (E minor) I   look down the railway line
A 
Back to the city, that felt  (A major) like mine
Em 
Where  (E minor) no  one cared,
what clothes you wore
Or who you loved,
A 
Em 
what  (A major) books you bought  (E minor) 
Where you were born,
A 
what  (A major) God you loved,
Em 
 (E minor) Or so I thought
G 
Or so I thought  (G major) 

Verse 5
A 
London you in  (A major) my blood and
Em 
You've  (E minor) been there for so
D 
Em 
G 
long  (D major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
A 
London you in  (A major) my blood but
Em 
I feel  (E minor) you going wrong

Interlude 1

Verse 6
D 
Em 
And  (D major) though its streets are paved  (E minor) in gold
A 
D 
All  (A major) bought  (D major) and sold
Em 
All  (E minor) bought and sold
D 
Em 
Still  (D major) the river run (E minor) s   its course
A 
D 
Back  (A major) to its source  (D major) 
Em 
Back  (E minor) to its source
D 
Em 
Tied  (D major) and broke and  (E minor) river fleet
D 
And  (D major) hearts that beat,
G 
 (G major) An d hearts that beat
A 
Bm 
 (A major) Blood that flows  (B minor) an
G 
d hearts that beat  (G major) 
A 
And  (A major) hearts that beat...
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 7
From Carlton Road came
Mirriam and Joab
Came Mirriam and Joab
Came MIrriam and Joab
From the wide flat fields
to the rolling smoke
To the rolling smoke