The Band Played On chords by Steve Wickham

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Is that really you?
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Are you who you say?
Am 
D 
Pleased to meet you.
G 
I was expecting today
I saw you in Florence
C 
You looked really swell
D 
With that hat
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You never can tell
Our conversation
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In 2003
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Down by the river
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In a big marquee
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C 
And the band played on
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C 
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Nobody knew, just me and you
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D 
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And the band played on
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Nobody knew,
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Em 
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just me and you
D 
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A favourite gun, a little black sheep
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A prodigal son, tonight a widow will weep
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I'm a man on horseback,
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Picasso painted blue
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Picturing moments, mo ments of you
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A bottle of wine, a mo ment of flux
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You were all mine,
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I could tell by your looks
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I am an amateur beekeeper
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I  keep only one bee, I bow,
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is everything okay?
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Em 
Sherlock von Bosnie
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I  must row into land,
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I've been too long at sea
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The drinking water's dirty and salty
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I'm not in a hurry, haste cuts like a knife
D 
The shadows lengthen,
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but my song means life
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Thinking of you this fine, fine day
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Lift me up in your arms, carry me away
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And the violet blade's worn
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Nobody knew, except me and you
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D 
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And the violet blade's worn
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Nobody knew, except me and you
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D 
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And the violet blade's worn
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Nobody knew, except me and you
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D 
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And the Bible is born
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Nobody knew, except me and you
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And the Bible is born
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Nobody knew, except me and you
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When the band plays on