Key: G major
Verse 1
G
D
G
D
G
Up like a bird
C
G
and high o 'er the city
Three men are missing,
D
C
D
I heard a warder cry
D
C
G
that flew into the prison
C
D
G
Or one of these new ministers
D
G
said the warder from Valjean
C
D
A little helicopter flew in from the sky
D
C
G
where some prisoners were walking
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C
D
G
Get ready for inspection,
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G
D
G
said the warder in the joy
Down in the yard
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G
through the pushing and the shoving
Three of the prisoners,
C
G
they went into the grey skies
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C
D
I think someone escaped,
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D
G
said the warder in the joy
And it's up like a bird and
C
G
high o 'er the city
Three men are missing,
C
G
that flew into the prison
D
C
D
G
Or one of these new ministers,
D
G
D
G
said the warder in the joy
Over in the doyle they were
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G
drinking gin and brandy
The minister for justice
C
D
was soaking up the sun
C
G
that some prisoners were escaping
C
D
G
D
I think it's three of their provosts,
Search every hole,
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G
search every nuke and cranny
Let no man rest
C
D
until these men are found
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G
to a lord nor their government
D
C
D
G
I think you'll never find them,
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G
D
G
say the warder in Mountjoy
And it's up, and away,
C
G
and high o 'er the city
Three men are missing,
C
D
I heard the warlord cry
C
D
G
that flew into the prison
D
G
For one of these new ministers
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G
said the warlord from Mountjoy
And it's up like a bird and
C
G
high o 'er the city
Three men are missing,
D
C
G
that flew into the prison
C
D
Or one of these new ministers
G
D
G
said the warner from Melchior
D
G
And it's up like a bird and
C
G
high o 'er the city
Three men are missing,
C
D
I heard a warner cry
Drift must have been a part
That flew into the room
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