Chords for Keith West - Sam ( from `A Teenage Opera` )

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_ _ _ _ Sam had [Bb] a nice profession, well it was really more an obsession, he didn't have a single
possession, just affection [Dm] for a steam [Cm] machine, it's simply [Ebm] green.
The [C] name _ _
[F] is _ Glory.
The village folks [Bb] they often wander, where glory gets a fire and thunder, magic things Sam must conjure.
_ [Gm] Museum on the [Cm]
rails, a legend of [Ebm] old tales.
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Everybody on the train! _ _ _ _
[Cm] They _ climb [F] aboard, wipe their feet, would you kindly take [Gm] your seat. _ _
[Cm] _ Sam pulls [F] a cord, _ _
[Bb] _ he's a lizard so. _ _
[Cm] Sam calls to [F] everyone, _ let's [Dm] have fun, this could be our [Gm] last land.
He [Ebm] didn't know how right he was, [F] a shot for him was in the post [Bb] _ now. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ A letter headed railway company, found its way to his house on Monday.
Reggie Root is uneconomical, very [Bb] sorry but got to be [Cm] logical.
And when [Ebm] the month ends, [Cm] glory [F] is _ [Cm] _ redundant.
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Then a strange sound in the night, made the people awake with fright.
A green machine with a yellow light, with Sam on top, [Dm] steam's out of sight.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ebm] Leaving behind, a [Bb] puzzle of mine.
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_ _ [F] miss you so we wish you would come back, _ _ _ oh Sam in Santa's sack. _
_ We miss you so we wish you would [Eb] come back, [Bb] _ oh Christmas in old Sam in Santa's sack. _
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