The Biggest Monument chords by John Wesley Harding
Verse 1
D
Well he shouts and wakes
the whole street up
He says 'I've never
Dm
believed in you anyway'
D
G
He says 'Now what the hell
do you want to lecture me for
A
To keep the approaching
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years at bay?'
D
And as the curtains opposite open slight
Dm
They see a front door slam
G
And God the Father to His chosen Son
A
Shouts 'Be saved
or You'll be damned'
G
C
And the years go past
G
D
Nothing changes 'cept the date
This time, it's just the same
Dm
C
as the last
G
It's always just too late
F
He smashed the car again last night
A
And he can't bang out the dent
He was trying to pull down the biggest
monument
G
C
G
Verse 2
D
Wallpaper medals decorate
the soldiers
Dm
F
But the memories have peeled away
Dm
G
Well people fight,
they come and go like politicians
A
So proud to have nothing to say
D
Well there were moving pictures
on the news at ten
F
Dm
Why they rioted, it's a mystery
F
G
Well let's play tin soldiers at Goose Green
A
I never said we learned from history
G
Am
And the years go past
G
D
Nothing changes 'cept the date
Dm
This time, it's just the same as the last
C
G
It's always just too late
F
Splashed across breakfast on
Dm
this morning's papers
A
One of the soldiers was bent
He was trying to pull down
G
C
G
the biggest monument
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Verse 3
D
Eyes light in the twilight twilight
Dm
Dusk of a late- night bar, late- night bar
G
Well they both believe in
love at first sight
A
Provided you can't see the scars
D
And mummy did it and his
daddy too
G
Dm
Otherwise how could they be here
D
G
Will you have me in sickness and in health
A
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A
Til death do us part and we'll
Dm
A
get divorced next year
G
Am
And the years go past
G
Asus4
G
D
Nothing changes 'cept the date
This time, it's just the same
C
as the last
G
It's always just too late
F
He got smashed again last night
A
His hard- earned money
came and went
He just tried to pull down
the biggest monument
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G
Verse 4
D
Dm
Yesterday in to
morrow's world
They invented the wheel again
G
Someone died in Hollywood
A
And then he was proclaimed
King of the Insane
D
And tomorrow it's in the papers
Dm
The next day it's on the news
D
G
And it all happened just like this before
A
You know I'm starting to get confused
G
Yeah and the years go past
Asus4
D
Nothing changes 'cept the date
This time, it's just the same
C
as the last
G
It's always just too late
F
We get born with history on our shoulders
A
We still can't afford the rent
When you try to pull down the biggest
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monument
A
G
D
Dm
G
D
The Biggest Monument
John Wesley Harding
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