Chords for Martyn Joseph - Nye : Song for the NHS (2015)

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[E] Nine days before I was born you were gone and what you left [A] behind
_ Great _ _ architect of health reform came forth from your soft heart and [E] tougher mind
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When [E] _ _ _ _ _
nothing good comes easy we fight for the dreams that we [A] hold
_ And [C#m] you finally got that bill through [A] though you had to stuff their mouths with [E] gold
_ [A] _ [E] And _ _ _ _ [C#m] the purpose [A]
of power [E] is to give it away _ _
[C#m] This is [A] my truth tell [E] me yours
_ [C#m] And freedom [A] won't be freedom [E] until poverty [A] is gone.
So now your [B] dreams alive [E] and strong _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ This time and drained.
It's 2 a.m. She'll summon up the strength again and [A] smile
_ _ [C#m] It's not for the way.
She does this [A] job.
It's a greater call that cannot be [E] defined
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_ _ _ _ _ Surgery the plaster tape the arm around the aching and [A] _
confused
_ [C#m] And drugs to give a little [A] one more time to play should never be [E] _
refused
[A] _ _ [E] And _ _ _ [A] the purpose of power [E] is to give it away
[C#m] This is [A] my truth.
[E] Tell me yours
And [C#]
freedom [A] won't be freedom [E] until poverty [C#m] is gone.
[A] So now your dreams [B] alive and [E] _
strong _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [E] _ Accident the cancer cell the final breath of [A] sacrament adore _ _
_ [C#m] Beating heart the broken [A] and the cry of the fragile [E] being
_ [A] Just _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ nine days before I was born you were gone, but what you [A] left behind
Your [C#m] greatest hour remains with us.
We [A] hold on with soft hearts and [E] tougher _ [A] minds
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But no [C#m] society [A] can call itself [E] _ _ civilized if [C#m] the sick [A] are denied through [E] lack of means
[C#m] And if you [A] don't believe me then [E] take a plane [C#m] my friend go [A] break your arm see [B] what it costs in New [E] Orleans
_ And [C#m] the [A] purpose of power [E] is to give it away _ _
[C#m] This is [A] my truth.
Tell [E] me yours
[C#m] And freedom [A] won't be freedom [E] until [C#m] poverty is gone.
[A] So now your dreams alive
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Alive [E] and strong _ _ _ _
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