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ta-ra to tooting easy guitar chords by The Young'uns

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    • Verse 1
    I called Norman 
    over, 

    another 
    chap called 
    Jim. 

    I 
    told him I'd 
    volunteered to 
    go to Spain 

    and 
    that I was going 
    on 
    the Saturday. 

    I 
    told him I'd 
    see 
    them all on 
    Saturday 

    in 
    a pub at 
    Tooting 
    Broadway. 


    But on the Saturday, 

    five 
    lads turned 
    up 

    to 
    wish me good luck. 

    And I just said ta 
    -ra to them. 

    We gather 
    for 
    the 
    picture 

    My 
    five 
    mates 
    and 
    me 

    Like 
    dapper 
    little 
    devils 

    We 
    are 
    young 
    and 
    free 

    And 
    I 
    sit in 
    the 
    centre 

    Like 
    the 
    captain 
    of 
    the 
    crew 

    And 
    my 
    coat 
    is 
    an 
    olden 

    But 
    my shirt 
    is 
    almost new 

    And 
    I'll 
    sing to 
    Ratatouille 

    And 
    the 
    lads 
    I'll leave 
    be
    hind 

    For 
    the 
    train 
    waits 
    in the 
    station 

    And 
    it's 
    time 
    for me 
    to 
    ride 

    But 
    I'll 
    take 
    this tiny 
    picture, 

    so 
    wherever 
    I 
    may 
    be 

    There'll 
    be Jim 
    and 
    Jack 
    an
    d Ernie, 

    Norman, 
    Les 
    and 
    me 

    And 
    as 
    we left 
    the 
    city 

    And 
    the 
    grey 
    lantern 
    to 
    green 

    I 
    thought 
    about 
    those 
    young 
    lads 

    And 
    the 
    things 
    we'd 
    done 
    and 
    seen 

    How 
    we 
    fought 
    for the 
    right 
    to 
    ramble 

    The 
    countryside 
    all 
    through 

    When 
    the 
    fences 
    were 
    all 
    oldens 

    But 
    the 
    land 
    was 
    almost 
    new 

    And 
    I 
    sent 
    her 
    out 
    to 
    tootin' 

    And 
    the 
    lads 
    I 
    left 
    be
    hind 

    And 
    as 
    we 
    came 
    to 
    New 
    Haven 

    There 
    was 
    one 
    thing 
    on 
    my 
    mind 

    But 
    I'll 
    take 
    this 
    tiny 
    picture, 

    so 
    wherever 
    I 
    may 
    be 

    There'll 
    be 
    Jim 
    and 
    Jack 
    an
    d Ernie, 

    Norman, 
    Les 
    and me 

    A 
    night 
    fell 
    on 
    the 
    channel 

    And 
    the 
    wind 
    sang 
    on 
    the 
    sea 

    And 
    I 
    thought 
    about 
    those 
    young 
    lads 

    And 
    the 
    times 
    they 
    sang 
    with 
    me 

    When 
    our 
    tongues 
    told 
    of 
    freedom 

    And 
    every 
    note 
    rang 
    true 

    For 
    though 
    our 
    tunes 
    were 
    oldens 

    Our 
    words 
    were 
    almost 
    new 

    And 
    I 
    sang 
    to 
    Ratatouille, 

    and 
    the 
    lads 
    I 
    left 
    be
    hind 

    And 
    as 
    morning 
    broke 
    on 
    Dieppe, 

    and 
    the 
    sun 
    began 
    to 
    shine 

    I'll 
    take 
    this 
    tiny 
    picture, 

    so 
    wherever 
    I 
    may 
    be 

    There'll 
    be 
    Jim 
    and 
    Jack 
    and 
    Ernie, 

    Norm 
    and 
    Les 
    and 
    Bay 

    When 
    the 
    picture's 
    almost 
    faded, 

    when 
    the 
    memory's 
    almost 
    gone 

    Will 
    I 
    sit 
    then 
    and 
    wonder 

    How 
    we 
    ever 
    were 
    so 
    young? 

    Will 
    there 
    be 
    young 
    lads 
    somewhere 

    Whose 
    hearts 
    are 
    just 
    as 
    true? 

    When 
    our 
    old 
    world 
    has 
    faded, 

    will 
    theirs 
    be 
    almost 
    new? 

    Then 
    I'll 
    cry 
    to 
    Ratatouille, 

    and 
    the 
    lads 
    I 
    left 
    be
    hind 

    80 
    years 
    be
    fore 
    me, 

    or 
    80 
    years 
    be
    hind 

    And 
    when 
    all 
    that's 
    left's 
    a 
    picture, 


    whenever 
    that 
    may 
    be 

    There'll 
    be 
    Jim 
    and 
    Jack 

    an
    d Ernie 
    Norman, 
    Les 
    and 
    me 

    Jim, 
    Jack, 
    Ernie 
    Norman, 

    Les, 
    me 

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