Key: Eb major•
Intro 1
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Ab
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Verse 1
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are all leaving school today
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F
Mama said, don't worry,
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F
The blue men in uniform smiled
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Fm
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She was hid ing those tears in her
Interlude 1
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Fm
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Verse 2
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Bb
burn the chairs
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Ab
set fire to the air
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you take your life in your hands
Verse 3
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F
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Taking your life, your life in your hands
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hands like I did
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I don't feel so bad,
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Cm
and always look forward with hope
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Forward and hope that the children will always
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be there
Interlude 2
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Fm
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Cancel the day,
Verse 4
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Cancel the day, cancel the night
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'Cause who could be watching
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when she steals and runs away
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Cm
Bb
Full of hysterical laughter, and say
Verse 5
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I've left school today
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I hope I get to see you in that
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But those gentlemen in blue,
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and those in grey
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Say I'll never, never see mama again
Verse 6
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Yes, she took all those
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lives in her hands
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Yes, she took all those lives
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in her hands
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what was there left in those hands?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Ab F Bb Fm...
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