Chords for Judge Dread - Bring Back The Skins

_ _ _ _ [D] _ Oh [G] dear, _ not [E] worthwhile going out.
_ [Bm] _ _
Don't play much raggy in the clubs.
_ _ [G] _
_ [E] Still, I can still [A] dream. _
_ _ [D] Every Wednesday the papers [G] came out.
The record [C#] mirror, _ [F#] best thing [D] about.
_ Brutus [Bm] Crombie, he [Em] was a lad.
[G] _ When we were [A] skins. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ All the dance halls were [G] full of skins.
_ Sometimes [E] you get your head kicked in.
_ [Bm] But still one day, _ [Em] raggy will be king [G] again.
[A] I hope so anyway. _
_ _ Raggy!
[D] We'd live and die for Friday [G] night.
Up [A] to the party and [D] have a part.
_ [G] Dance to raggy, most of them know.
_ When [E] we were skins. _
[A] _ _ _ _ Above all [D] this, our one [G] big hope.
Was [A] pull a bird and [D] have a groat.
And [Bm] if you were lucky, she'd [G] take your own.
When [E] we were skins. _
[A] _ _ _ When mum and [D] dad went off [G] to bed.
You'd [A] stay and maybe have your [D] end of way.
You [Bm] never know, _ it [G] might come back.
When [E] we were skins. _
_ [A] _ _ I [D] had a bird with her hair [G] cropped short.
Who [A] put it about, she was quite [D] a sport.
[G] But that's what you make for four.
We all shared birds.
When we [E] were skins. _
[A] _ _ _ [Em] The [D] stupid tart got in the family [G] way.
_ Half [A] our pleasure, now I've [D] got to pay.
[G] But that [Bm] won't change, [G] the way I feel.
_ [E] I'm still a skin.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Music crazes, come [G] and go.
_ [A] And down the paddy, I still [D] make a show.
[Bm] But all the birds, are [G] dressing up like something out of [E] 40s. _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] Granny flowers and a real long [G] skirt.
_ Still let [A] her wheels, I'll bet [D] they are.
_ [G] And when they dance, it's a real cheap thrill.
_ [E] But they're not skins. _
_ _ _ [B] We used [D] to dance all night till [G] six.
_ To [A] reggae sounds just like [D] at six.
[Bm] Those were the days, _ [G] I hope they come back.
I [E] really do. _
[A] _ Reggae!
[D] Reggae, reggae, reggae, reggae, [G] reggae, reggae, _ [G#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ reggae, reggae, [Bm] reggae, reggae, reggae, reggae, [G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ reggae.
[F#m] We'd live and die for [G] Friday nights.
_ Off to [A] the pally and have a [D] fight.
_ [Bm] Dance the reggae most of the [G] night.
when we were [A] _ skins.
_ _ _ [E] Above all this, her one [G] big oath was [A] blag a bird ever.
Crafty
[D] throat.
_ [Bm] She were lucky. _
[G] She'd take you home and [E] let you in for some [A] jams a day.
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