Chords for Tom Robinson Band - (Sing If You're) Glad To Be Gay (7" version 1978)

This song is dedicated to work to the World Health Organization
_ _ _ It's a medical song and it concerns a [D#] disease
[D] _ Whose classification according to the International Classification of Diseases is [Am] 302 _ .0 _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
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_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] The British police are [Dm] the best in the world
[A] I don't [B] believe one of these stories I've heard
[Am] About them raiding [E] our pubs for [Am] no reason [F] at all
[B]
Lining the customers up by [Gm] the wall
[Dm]
Picking [C#] out people, [F] knocking [B] them down _
Resisting arrest as they're kicked on the ground
[Dm]
Searching [C#] their houses, [F] calling [B] them queer
I don't believe that [E] sort of thing _ [Am] happens here
[F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am]
Sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[G]
Sing [Dm] if you're happy [C] that [E] way
Hey, [Am] _
sing if [Dm] you're glad [F] to be gay
[B]
Sing [E] if you're happy [Am] that [F] way _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [Am] Pictures of naked [Dm] young women up front
[B] Titbits of Playboy, page [F#] three of The Sun
[Am] There's no [F] nudes in Gay News or [Am] One Magazine
But they [B] still found excuses to [F#m] call it _ [E] obscene
[Dm] Read how [C#] disgusting we [F] are in the [B] press
The telegraph people and Sunday [G] Express
[Dm] Molesters of [C#]
children, [F] corrupt of [B] youth
[Bm] Is there in the paper?
It [E] _ must be [Am] the truth
[F] _
_ _ _ Try [Am] and sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[G] Sing if [Dm] you're happy [C] that way
[E] Hey, [Am] sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[B] Sing if [E] you're happy [Am] that way
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [A] Don't try [C] to kid us [Dm] that if you're [F]
discreet
[B] You're perfectly safe as you [E] walk down [G] the street
[Am] You don't have [F] to mince or [Am] make bitchy [F] remarks
To get [B] beaten unconscious [E] and left in the dark
[Dm] I had [C#] a friend who [F] was gentle [B] and short
He was lonely one evening, [E] he went for a walk
[Dm] Queer bashes [C#] caught him, [F] kicked in his [B]
teeth
[Bm] Was only _ [E] hospitalized for [Am] a week
[F] And he still bears the [F#m] scars
_ [Am] _ Sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[G] Sing if you're happy [C] that way
[E] Hey, _ [Am] _ sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[B] Sing if [E] you're happy [Am] that way _ _
_ _ _ _ And sit back and [Dm] watch as they close down our club
[B] Arrest us for meeting [E] and raid all our club
[F] Make sure your [Am]
boyfriend's at least [F] 21
[B] So only your friends and [E] your brothers [Gm] get done
[Dm] Lie to [C#] your workmates, [B] lie to your folks
Put down the Queen's health, [F#m] anti-queer [G#m] jokes
[Dm] Jail is [C#] ridiculous, [F] join their [B] laughter
The bugger's illegal [E] now, what more [Am] are they [F] after?
_ _ [E] Tell them
[Am] Sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[G] Sing if [D] you're happy [C] that way
[E]
Hey, [Am] sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[B] Sing if [E] you're happy that way _
[Am] Sing [C] if you're glad to be [F#] gay
[A] Sing if you're happy [C] that way
[Am] Hey, sing if [Dm] you're glad to be gay
[Bm]
Sing [B] if you're [Am] happy _ [E] _ _ _
_ this [Am] way _ _ _
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