Chords for Song for Dennis Brown

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On the day that Dennis [C] Brown's lung collapsed, [D] spring rain was misting [G] down on Kingston.
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And down at the harbor, [C] local cops were [G] intercepting an inbound shipment.
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And for a [G] while there it was chaos, _ [C] as they handcuffed and then [A] roughed up some sailors.
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On the day my lung [C] collapses, _ [A] it's not gonna [G] be much different.
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On the day that Dennis [C] Brown's habits caught [D] up with him, school children sang in [G]
choirs.
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And out behind the Chinese restaurants, [D] guys were jumping [G] into dumpsters.
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[G] And the stench was overbearing, _ _ [C] _
but they were past the [D] point of caring.
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On the day my habits catch up with me, I'll be down among the jumpers.
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And when the birds come home in [C] spring, we [A] will fill them full [G] of buckshot.
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And jets of contaminated [C] blood will [D] cloud the rivers [G] and the lakes.
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It took all the coke in town to _ [C] _
_ bring down [D] Dennis Brown.
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On the day my lung [C] collapses, [D] we'll see just how [G] much it takes.
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