Chords for The Alarm _ Spirit of '76

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[G] Well, I find myself in [C] reverie _
[G] About what we might have had and what [C] might have been
[G] We had something going [C] once
That was [G] such a long, [D] long time [G] ago
_ [Am] It [G] was way back in [C] 76 _ _
[G] Our friendship formed for [C] pure innocence
[G] We first met in Matthew [C] Street
Well, we [G] had something [D] that would set [G] us free
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[Em] A _ [D] sign [G] stands over a door
It says, four lights, it [D] shook the world _
[Am] In [G] the depths of [C] those heady [D] nights
[Em] We would [G] dream [C] of those bright _
[G] lights
Oh, my friend, oh, my friend, oh, my friend _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G] my friend Johnny went away _
And he made some mistakes, but [D] tell him what I've seen
[G] And now when I see him, we still [C] talk
But [G] there's no light [D] shining in [G] his [D] eyes
_ [G] And Susie, she was seventeen
And what beauty in this world, I swear you'll never see
I was gonna be king, and she was gonna be queen
But [D] now all she does is [G] cry [D] behind the tears
[Em] If there [G] was more sense in this world
[D] And worth was so hard [G] to find _
[D] [A] You would [G] not [C] be going your [Em] way
I would not [C] be going mine
[D] _ _ Oh, [C] my friend, [G] oh, my friend, oh, my friend
[D] Some was [C] a [Em] night out on the [G] street
[D] Somewhere [C] beneath [D] this city's [G] peaks
In the eyes of strangers who passed me by
All [C] I do is [G] groove, and so [Em] I'm tired
[C] Oh, the spirit of Sabbath [G] who [D] said
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_ [C] _ [G] he's a scene if dreams come [D] true _
[G] But that don't make him no hero
He's just one of the lucky few
And a man can't change the world these days
I still believe a man [D] can change [G] his own [D]
destiny
[G] But the price he's paid, [C] well, it's gotta be [G] paid
For everyone who survives, [C] and the many who fail
[G] I've seen my friends call out [D] in that [G] _
crossfire
All the [D] dreams that hold [G] smash upon [D] the funeral pyre
[Em] _ _ [G] I'll never give in [D] until the day that I die _ _
[Am] I'll give [C] myself some [D] independence
[Em] Call out a [G] future with my two _ [D] hands
Oh, my friend, oh, my friend, oh, my [G]
friend
[D] Some was a [C] night [Em] out on the [G] street
[D] Somewhere [C] beneath [D] this [B] city's [G] peaks
In [C] the eyes of strangers [G] who passed [Em] me by
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All [C] I do is [G] groove, and so I'm tired
[C] Oh, the spirit of Sabbath [G] who said
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_ _ [E] _ _ Mercy lights shine in the distance
Same as they did for us [Em] then
_ _ Mercy lights shine right in the distance
Where are you now, my friend?
_ You see, [G] some nights when I can't sleep
[C] I [D] still think of you
_ _ _ Of [Am] all our promises, _ all our dreams [Em] we shared
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] I know [A] _ those lights [G] still call you
_ [C] I can hear [G] them now
_ I can hear them now
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_ _ _ They're _ shining for you
_ _ Let them shine _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ them shine
Let them shine, yeah
[D] Some was [C] a [Em] night out on the [G] street
_ [D] _ [C] Somewhere beneath [D] this city's [Bm] peaks
[G] In the eyes [C] of strangers [G] who passed [Em] me by
[G] [C] All I do is [G] groove, and so I'm tired
[C] _ _ _ _ Where's it gone, the spirit of [G] 76?
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