The Sound of North America chords by The Beautiful South
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Intro 1
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(E minor) (D major) (F sharp minor) (G major)
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Verse 1
Ginger (D major) Elvis (F sharp minor) Presley looked a fraction (G major) sad (D major)
Roaming the whole town (A major) from bin to bin (G major)
Well (D major) living on the street (F sharp minor) s wasn't
(G major) all that bad (D major)
Where no-one seemed seemed
to know (A major) that he was King (G major) (D major)
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Verse 2
The sound (B minor) of New York City
Isn't po (F sharp minor) lice sirens wailing
It's the sound (D major) of Wall Street (F sharp minor) tills
Whilst (G major) everyone is (D major) failing
Verse 3
Sometimes you feel (F sharp minor) expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can (G major) roam the streets a King (D major)
Whilst (G major) everyone's asleep (D major)
You can mime to any re (F sharp minor) cord
With a hair (G major) brush or a spoon (D major)
But (G major) God help the singer out of
tun (A major) e
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Verse 4
(G major) (D major)
A crippled Mohammad (F sharp minor) Ali
Looked at (G major) bad luck in the mir (D major) ror
Bad luck looked (A major) back at him and sighed (G major)
He (D major) looked a good foot smal (F sharp minor) ler
(G major) And a couple of stone thin (D major) ner
And if anyone came toward (A major) him
He would hide (G major) (D major)
Verse 5
The sound (B minor) of North America
Isn't Chris (F sharp minor) tians quietly praying
It's the (D major) sound of shuffling (F sharp minor) feet
That don't (G major) know where
they're (D major) going
Verse 6
Sometimes you feel (F sharp minor) expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can (G major) roam the streets a King (D major)
Whilst (G major) everyone's asleep (D major)
You can fight with anybody
(A major) With a glim (G major) mer of a chance (D major)
But (G major) God help the boxer with no
(A major) hands
(D major) (F sharp minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 7
(G major) (D major)
A homeless Greta (F sharp minor) Garbo
Moves across (G major) the street (D major)
The moonlight shining (A major) clearly
Through her skirt (G major)
A (D major) real life living legend (F sharp minor)
(G major) That no-one wants wants to meet (D major)
And that's when being (A major) Garbo
Really hurts (G major) (D major)
The lyr (B minor) ics of "New
Verse 8
York"
May have (F sharp minor) Frank Sinatra singing
But the (D major) rhythm and the melody (F sharp minor)
Were (G major) dead black men swinging (D major)
Verse 9
(D major) Sometimes you feel (F sharp minor) expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can (G major) roam the streets a Queen (D major)
Whilst (G major) everyone's asleep (D major)
You can act with anybody
(F sharp minor) From the cradle (G major) to the crypt (D major)
But (G major) God help the actress
Outro 1
Who doesn't know the script
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(F sharp minor) (G major) (A major) (G major) (F sharp minor) (G major) (F sharp minor) (E minor)
The Sound of North America
The Beautiful South
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