The Sound Of Crying Chords by Prefab Sprout

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[Db] Hang out the flags [Ebm] and new world orders on the [Eb] way. _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Start singing now, [Ebm] son, to greet the joyful day.
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[Gb] Just when we thought time was [Ebm] right for celebrating the music of the spheres, _ _
[Gb] _ what's this another
boat of fleeing [Ebm] refugees on the sea of children's tears? _
[Ab] _ Once more [Bbm] the sound of crying [Ebm] is number one across the earth.
[Ab] _ Once [Bbm] more the sound of [F] crying [Ebm] is number one across the earth.
[Db] We are only men [Ebm] and women doing what we can.
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[Db] _ Sometimes I think [Ebm] that God is working to a plan.
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[Gb] _ Then other times I swear that he is [Ebm] improvising, sordid and remote.
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_ Another awful baby in a failed [Ebm] uprising, another real bum note. _ _
[Ab] _ Once more [Bbm] the sound of [Fm] crying [Ebm] is number one across the earth.
[Ab] _ Once more [Bbm] the sound of [Ebm] crying is number one across the earth.
[Ab] _ Once [Bbm] more the sound of [Ebm] cries. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ Once more [Bbm] the sound of cries.
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[Db] _ _ And [Ebm] if you're listening up _ there, _ _ _ _
[Db] _ You [Ebm] could consider this a prayer.
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[Gb] Well who am I [Bbm] to tell you how to run your [Ebm] business,
Man you could strike me blind.
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What kind of noise [Bbm] we gotta make down here [Ebm] before we
Destroy your peace of mind. _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ Once more [Bbm] the sound of crying
[Ebm] Is number one across the earth.
[Ab] _ Once [Bbm] more the sound of crying
[Ebm] Is number one across the [Ab] earth.
Once [Bbm] more the sound of crying.
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Once [Ab] _ _ more [Bbm] the sound of crying.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ And [Ebm] if you're listening up _ _ there,
Yeah.
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