The Life And Times Of The Clerkenwell Kid chords by The Real Tuesday Weld

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, let me tell you the story  (E minor) 
about the way I live
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My street (A minor) s   are steeped in secrets,
my memories in myths
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If clock  (B major) overwhelms the cradle,
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I'm  (B minor)  (B major) the  (E minor) kid
Day one, I defined myself,
Bohemian by birth,
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Dis (A minor) posed with a doctor,
made out with a nurse.
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Yeah,  (B major) I was born a bastard,
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then  (B minor) I just  (B major) got worse.  (E minor)  (B major) 
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 (B minor) I'm  (E minor) the kid who  (D major) lives in  (A minor) 
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 (B minor) the city  (E minor) of   (B minor)  (E minor) gays
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The junies an (B minor) d   the  (E minor) gooders
are the place that I call home
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The  (A minor) junkies, whores and nutters
call me their very own
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I'd  (B major) pick it up in
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Bloomsbury,  (B minor) shoot up the city road
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 (B major) Get down  (E minor) in the sewers,
from shore to shore
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An (B major) d  you  (E minor) don't be concerned
with the things they said I did
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I  (A minor) ain't got no regrets,
no one to forgive
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I  (B major) ain't talking gang (B minor) sters and that
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West
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 (E minor) No one  (B minor) calls me  (E minor) homeboy,
I'm the
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Clarkonwell  (B minor) kid  (E minor)  (D major) 
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I've done my  (B minor) share of  (E minor) cheating and deceiving,
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but I tell you  (B major) I  know  (A minor) no other way
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So please believe me  (E minor) when I
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 (B minor) say  (B major)  (B minor) 
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Clockwork kid  (E minor) 
And you're just sitting pretty
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in this  (B minor) city all  (B major) alone
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 (E minor) Come  (D major)  (F sharp major) and join  (E minor) me,
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make  (A minor) my world your  (E minor) own
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We'll  (B major)  (B minor) dance forever, out into the blue
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We're  (E minor) all lost together underneath the moon  (B minor) 
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I'll in the