The Strongest Man In The World chords by Dave Giles

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Now Burke  (D major) 
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was a man  (B minor) one could listen  (E minor) to  for hours,  (A major) 
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he had one of those  (D major) voices
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 (B minor) and great  (E minor) stories to tell,  (A major) 
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and he spoke with  (D major) such pas (B minor) sion
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and with so  (E minor) much conviction
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 (A major) about the  (D major) people who were blessed  (B minor) 
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to have  (E minor) known him at all.  (A major)  (G major) 
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And he ran a busy docker's  (A major) pub
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in the East  (D major) End
with his wife in the sixties
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but  (G major) they never gave him  (A major) any grief
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cos they all  (D major) thought that
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Ber (B minor) t was the strongest  (E minor) man  (A major) in the world  (G major) 
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and  (A major) how they loved him.
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He was a  (D major) boy in the war
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 (B minor) though he never  (E minor) left London
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 (A major) Did his  (D major) na tional service
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 (B minor) and then  (E minor) married his girl
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 (A major) They were together  (D major) their whole  (B minor) life,
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he couldn't stand  (E minor) to be without  (A major) her
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And when he was  (D major) done at the pub (B minor) ,
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they moved where  (E minor) nobody knew  (A major) them
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And  (G major) all that he  (A major) needed was her company,  (D major) 
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he  (B minor) was so  (D major) happy  (B minor) around  (D major) her (B minor) 
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And  (G major) she'd do anything  (A major) for him,
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cos he was hand (D major) some
and he was brave
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 (B minor) He was the  (E minor) strongest man  (A major) in the world,  (G major) 
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and  (A major) how she loved him  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (B minor)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (B minor)  (A major)  (G major) 
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Bert was idol (A major) ised by his two grandsons,
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they  (B minor) thought he  (A major) had ma (B minor) gic powers  (A major) 
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And  (G major) they loved to listen to  (A major) his tales of love
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 (D major) and of life  (B minor) and of loss  (E minor) 
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and of  (A major) jelly deals  (G major) 
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And  (A major) how they loved him
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An (D major) d  near the en (B minor) d
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when he knew  (E minor) that he was  (A major) dying
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he wrote  (D major) letters to his wife
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an (E minor) d hid them all round the house (A major) 
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And in each one  (D major) he thanked  (B minor) her
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and told her  (E minor) how much  (A major) he loved her
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She was  (D major) fine in them for week (E minor) s,
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even after he  (A major) died  (G major) 
Back at the bar,
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 (A major) his family knew how to honour  (D major) him
They had a drink of his favourite
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 (G major) A  pint of Skoll with a  (A major) top of gin
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Saying here's  (D major) a toast
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 (B minor) to the strongest  (E minor) man  (A major) in the world  (G major) 
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And  (A major) how they loved him, yeah,
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that  (D major) was a drink
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 (B minor) for the strongest  (E minor) man  (A major) in the world  (G major) 
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And  (A major) how we loved him, yeah,
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this  (D major) is a song
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 (B minor) about the strongest  (E minor) man  (A major) in the world  (G major) 
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And  (B flat major) oh, how I loved him  (A major)  (D major) you