Chords for Our Forgotten Towns - The Levellers - Official Video
Tempo:
150.5 bpm
Chords used:
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Em
D
E
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[C]
[A]
[Em] Remember those parades and the county fair, where in Sunday best, [G] so Devon air.
[Em] Lonely ghostly spectres [A] brawl, echo the pavement's [G] harp of [D] fall.
[E] Torn by wind through empty [Em] roads, on the closed [D] bypass [A]
abandoned [D] loads.
[E] The ferry boat [Em] of a general store, [A] there's nowhere open here [Em] anymore.
[E]
[A] Our forgotten towns are [D] calling, at the bell they end [A] their moaning.
Crack shown in [D] the market hall, [A] lying in the shadow of a [Em] shopping mall.
[A] [E] [Em] These are our forgotten towns, [A] slowly razed, now quickly [Em] drowned.
A legacy of industrial jails, the [A] steelworks rusting and the concrete [Em] fails.
[E]
[A] Our forgotten [D] towns are calling, [A] at the bell they end their
[D] moaning.
Crack shown in the market hall, lying in the shadow of a [Em] shopping mall.
[E]
[A] One [Em] more community implodes, you're nothing, nobody, just [D] another [E] barcode.
[N]
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[A]
[Em] Remember those parades and the county fair, where in Sunday best, [G] so Devon air.
[Em] Lonely ghostly spectres [A] brawl, echo the pavement's [G] harp of [D] fall.
[E] Torn by wind through empty [Em] roads, on the closed [D] bypass [A]
abandoned [D] loads.
[E] The ferry boat [Em] of a general store, [A] there's nowhere open here [Em] anymore.
[E]
[A] Our forgotten towns are [D] calling, at the bell they end [A] their moaning.
Crack shown in [D] the market hall, [A] lying in the shadow of a [Em] shopping mall.
[A] [E] [Em] These are our forgotten towns, [A] slowly razed, now quickly [Em] drowned.
A legacy of industrial jails, the [A] steelworks rusting and the concrete [Em] fails.
[E]
[A] Our forgotten [D] towns are calling, [A] at the bell they end their
[D] moaning.
Crack shown in the market hall, lying in the shadow of a [Em] shopping mall.
[E]
[A] One [Em] more community implodes, you're nothing, nobody, just [D] another [E] barcode.
[N]
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_ _ [Em] Remember those parades and the county fair, where in Sunday best, [G] so Devon air.
_ [Em] Lonely ghostly spectres [A] brawl, echo the pavement's [G] harp of [D] fall.
[E] Torn by wind through empty [Em] roads, on the closed [D] bypass [A]
abandoned [D] loads.
[E] The ferry boat [Em] of a general store, [A] there's nowhere open _ here _ [Em] anymore. _ _ _
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[A] _ _ Our forgotten towns are [D] calling, _ _ at the bell they _ _ end [A] their moaning.
Crack shown in [D] the _ _ _ market hall, [A] lying in the shadow of a [Em] shopping mall. _ _ _
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[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] These are our forgotten towns, [A] slowly razed, now quickly [Em] drowned.
A legacy of industrial jails, the [A] steelworks rusting and the _ concrete [Em] _ fails. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Our forgotten [D] towns are calling, _ _ _ [A] at the bell they end their _
[D] _ _ moaning.
Crack shown in the market _ _ hall, lying in the shadow of a _ [Em] shopping mall. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] One [Em] more _ community _ implodes, you're nothing, nobody, just [D] another _ _ [E] barcode. _ _
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_ _ [Em] Remember those parades and the county fair, where in Sunday best, [G] so Devon air.
_ [Em] Lonely ghostly spectres [A] brawl, echo the pavement's [G] harp of [D] fall.
[E] Torn by wind through empty [Em] roads, on the closed [D] bypass [A]
abandoned [D] loads.
[E] The ferry boat [Em] of a general store, [A] there's nowhere open _ here _ [Em] anymore. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ Our forgotten towns are [D] calling, _ _ at the bell they _ _ end [A] their moaning.
Crack shown in [D] the _ _ _ market hall, [A] lying in the shadow of a [Em] shopping mall. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ [Em] These are our forgotten towns, [A] slowly razed, now quickly [Em] drowned.
A legacy of industrial jails, the [A] steelworks rusting and the _ concrete [Em] _ fails. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Our forgotten [D] towns are calling, _ _ _ [A] at the bell they end their _
[D] _ _ moaning.
Crack shown in the market _ _ hall, lying in the shadow of a _ [Em] shopping mall. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] One [Em] more _ community _ implodes, you're nothing, nobody, just [D] another _ _ [E] barcode. _ _
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