Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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You should have been there back in '79
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You boys are really breaking my heart
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The blood was running in the drains
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And really took the place apart
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That was the year Nan Harris died
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And Charlie Jones committed suicide
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In the winter of '79
Verse 2
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A pint of beer was still ten bob
My brand new Bonneville got ripped off
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I more or less give up trying
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They stopped the Social in the spring
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And quite a few communists got run in
And National Service come back in
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In the winter of '79
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When Marco's caff went up in flames
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The Vambo boys took the blame
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In the winter of '79
Verse 3
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It was us poor bastards took the chop
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The government never resigned
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The Carib Club got petrol bombed
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The Na tional Front was
getting awful strong
They done in Dave and Dagenham Ron
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In the winter of '79
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When all the gay geezers got
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put inside
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And coloured kids was getting crucified
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A few fought back and a few folks died
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In the winter of '79
Verse 4
Outro 1
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