Chords for THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG - Shirt Of Blue 1986

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_ _ [G] _ [D] Hey now Tommy, have you got a new shirt?
Is it's color a [A] fine bright blue?
_ _ [Dm] [D] Has your mother sent you off to your [C] school from the street with [Dm] a pretty view? _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] [Dm] Shall we wrestle in the old school yard like the other [A] children do?
_ _ [D] You can scuff your shoes, you can tear your [C] hands and I'll rip that [D] shirt off you! _
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_ _ _ _ _ Hey [D] now Tommy, since you moved away, they've taken our town and they've made [A] it new. _ _
[D] Now there stands a chemical [G] plant [Em] where the cherry [D] orchards grew.
_ _ And I married Lucy from the back of our class who once [A] wrote letters to you.
_ _ [D] We've got kids and we sent them to school from [C] the street with [D] a pretty view.
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Oh, oh, [Am] oh, and your shirt [Dm] I'm gonna lose.
_ _ [F] Oh, oh, oh, and [Dm] your shirt I'm gonna [D] lose. _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F]
Marry Tommy, [C] we grew up to quit.
[Am] From the fields where the [G] flowers grow.
Oh, oh, oh, [F] from a butterfly stick [C] to a ballot out of brick.
[Am] Change and you reborn, [Dm] far too soon.
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_ _ _ Hey now Tommy, shall we meet again in the morning, where it will [C#] do?
_ _ [D] At the gates of the colliery, [C] you'll lose your [D] shirt and blue. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Shall we wrestle in the muddy patch by the other poor [A] men's room?
_ We [Dm] can scuff our boots, we can tear our [C] hands and I'll rip that shirt [Am] off you!
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Oh, oh, [G] oh, and [Dm] your shirt I'm gonna lose. _ _
Oh, oh, [C] oh, and [Dm] your shirt I'm gonna lose.
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Oh, marry Tommy, [C] we grew up to quit.
[Am] From the fields where the [G] flowers grow.
Oh, oh, oh, from a [F] butterfly stick [C] to a ballot out of brick.
[Am] Change and you reborn, [D] far too soon.
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_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _
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Oh, oh, oh, [Dm] and your shirt I'm gonna lose.
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Oh, oh, oh, [G] and your shirt [Dm] I'm gonna lose.
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Oh, oh, oh, [Am] and your [Dm] shirt I'm gonna lose.
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Oh, oh, [G] oh, and your shirt [Dm] I'm gonna lose.
_ [F] Oh, oh, [C] oh, and your shirt [Dm] I'm gonna lose.
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Oh, [C] oh, oh, and your shirt [D] I'm gonna lose. _
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