Chords for Tramp the Dirt Down

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[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I [G] saw in _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] Yousfade the picture _ _ from [C] the _ political _
_ [G] _ campaign
[D] A woman [Em] was _ [G] kissing [C#] a child [Em] who _ [C] was _ [G] obviously _ in pain
She [D]
spills [Em] with _ _ [G] compassion _ [C#] _ as that [C] young child's face in her hand
[G] She grips, _ [D]
can [Em] you _ imagine [G] _
all [C#] that greed?
An _ [C] _ avarice coming down on that child's lips
_ Well I hope [G] I don't [F#] die _ too [E] soon
_ [G] I prayed [C] a lot, [Am] my [G] soul to save
Yes [D] I'll be [E] a _ [D] good _
_ [C#] boy
_ I'm [C] trying so hard to [G] behave
_ [F#m] Because [Em] there's _ [D] one thing [C#] I know
I'd like to [C] live long enough [G] to savor _ _ _
[C] That's when _ [G] _
they [Am] _ _ [G] finally _
_ [Am] _ put you in [G] the _ ground _
[C] I'll stand [G] _ _
[A] on _ [G] your _ [Am] gripping _ _ _ trail
_ The _ _ [G] dirt _ _ _ down
[D] _ When _ _ _ _ England was the whore of the world
_ [Em]
Margaret [D] was her madam _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ And the future looked as bright and as clear
As the black _ [G] tarmac at her
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well I hope that she sleeps well at _ night
_ Isn't haunted by every [C] tiny detail _
_ [B] _ [A] When she held that [E] lovely face [C] in her hands
[D] All she thought [Em] of was _ [E] betrayal
_ [Em] _ _ _
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[F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ And now [G] the _
_ [D] _ cynical [Em] _
ones
[G] Say [C] that it all ends the same [G] in the long run
[D] Try [G] telling that to the desperate father
[G] Who just [C] squeezed the life from his [A] only [G] son
_ And how [Em] it's _ [D] only _ [C#] voices in your head _
[C] And dreams you've never dreamt
[G] _ _ _ [D] Try telling [Em] him [D] the subtle _ [C#] _ difference
Between _ [C] _ justice _ and [G] _ condemn
Try [Em] telling me [G] she _
_ [A] isn't [C#] angry _
With [C] this pitiful _
_ [G] _ discontent
[D] When [Em] they _ flaunted [D]
in [C#] your face
As you _ [C] line up for punishment
[G] _ _ And [D] _
[Em] then expect _ [D] to [C#] say thank you _ _
[C] Straighten up, look _ [G] proud in the east
[D] Because [Em] you've only [D] got [C#] the symptoms
You [C] haven't got the whole _ [G] disease
_ [D] Just like [Em] a schoolboy [G] whose head's like [C#] a tin [Bm] can
Filled up [C] with dreams, then popped down [G] the drain
_ Try telling [Em] that to [D] the boys [C#] on both sides
Being blown [C] to bits of beaten [G] and lame _ _ _
[C] He _ [G] takes _ [A] all the _ _ [G] glory
[Am] But none _ of [D] the _ shame
_ _ _ Well I hope you [Em] live _ [F#] long now
_ _ _ [G]
I pray [C] to Lord your soul [G] to keep
I [D] think [Em] I'll be _ _ [G]
going _ [Em] before
_ [F#]
We [C] fold our arms [A] and [G] start to weep
[D] I never [Em] _ thought [D] for [C#] a moment
That [C] human life could be [G] so _ cheap
_ _ [C] But _ when _ [Am] they _ [G] finally _ _ [Am] put you in [G] the _ ground
_ [C] They'll _ [G] stand _ [A] there _
_ [G] laughing _ [Am] and tram
_ _ _ The _ _ _ _ [G] _
ground _ _ _ _ _
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