Chords for John James - One Long Happy Night

_ _ [G] _ She [C] _ [G] _ _
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followed the [C] lights, [G] _ she heard the fairground organ play. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] She had on all her [C] _ [G] clothes, oh for she had come to stay.
_ _ [C] Well she wanted to live [G] with the roundabouts, [C] she wanted to [G] live with the swim. _ _
_ [D] She said, oh no you're much too young _ _ _ for any [G] of those things.
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[C] _ [G] She's all of eight years [C] [G] old, she's so small, so pretty in her shoes. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] She's fighting with them [C] [G] all, _ so determined not to lose.
_ Well [C] she wanted to [G] live with the roundabouts, [C] she wanted to [G] live with the swim.
_ _ [D] She said, oh no you're much too young _ for _ _ any [G] of those things.
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_ _ _ [B] She hid beneath the Ferris [G] wheel [C] behind the [G] astrologer's tent. _
_ _ [D] [C] Rated to [D] always very quiet, _ [Am] _ [Bm] _ and on to [G] the swing she went.
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She swung [C] so [G] high, that she nearly touched the stars.
_ _ _ _ _ She was young, she was happy, _ _ she [C] wasn't hurting [G] anyone at all.
_ Well [C] she wanted to [G] live with the roundabouts, [C] she wanted to live with [G] the swim.
_ _ [D] She said, oh no you're much too young [Am] _ [D] for _ any [G] of those things.
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] The sleeping fairground [C] people [G] _ _ all awoke to see her there. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] The fat man he climbed up in with her, and then the whole of the fair.
_ Oh they [C] just started [G] up the roundabouts, [C] started up [G] the swing. _ _
[D] They [Am] said, oh no you're not [D] too young [Am] _ [D] _ for [G] any of those things.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ But [Bm] the people from the town arrived, [C] police, [G] ten strong boys.
_ _ [D] Took away the fairground, _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ for making [G] too much noise. _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] So they keep the little [C] girl [G] _ _ in her home to learn things right. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But she left on the [C] [G] memory _ _ of one long happy night.
_ _ Oh [C] she wanted to live [G] with the roundabouts, [C] she wanted to live with [G] the swim. _
_ [D] They [C] said, oh [D] no you're much too young _ [Am] _ [G] [D] for any [G] of those things.
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You know [D] that's [C] what you'll [D] be taught for _ [Am] _ [B] _ [D] _ any [G] of those things.
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