Chords for Steve Knightley - Poppy Day - Songs From The Shed

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_ This is Steve Knightley singing Poppy [C#m] Day, somewhere in Somerset. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ London [B] _ _ streetlights had its fill, [F#m] _ saturation _ [A] _ _
[B] overspill.
[C#m] I start [B] my car I head west until [F#m] I reach a [A] little [B] county town.
_ [A] [C#] And the tree [B]-lined [E] suburbs out in [B] the sticks, [F#m] I open up [A] my bag [B] of tricks.
[C#m] A million [B] more young lives to fix, [F#] another [A] deal goes [B] down.
_ [A] You know [E] me, I'm a [B] big city [C#m] matador, [A] I make my [E] living down the [B] NY [C#m] corridor.
_ [A] String up [E] the bands [B] today, [C#m] Poppy Day, [F#m] coming [A] to a town [B] near _ you.
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _
See [A] [C#m] that I'm hanging [B] out by the old stone cross, [F#m] one more car but [A] ain't no [B] great loss.
I make a good living, [E] I give no [B] toss.
[F#m] And I'm heading [A] back [B] to town, [A] and [C#] when the radio [B] talks [E] about another new [B] czar,
[F#m] I laugh out loud in [A] my brand [B] new car.
[C#m] The London [B] Eye looks down [Em] from [B] afar, and [F#m] the wheels of [A] trade [B] grow round.
_ [A] They stand [Em] in line as [B] my drum beats [C#m] resolute.
[A] Instead of [E] a medal, here's a [B] spike and a [C#m] pony-k.
_ [A] String up [E] the bands [B] today, Poppy [C#m] Day, [F#m] coming to [A] a town [B] near you.
_ [F#] Coming [A] to a town near [B] _
you.
You [A] take, _ _ _ [B] you take [A] a pill. _ _ _
You put [B] that blood red honey _ _ under your _ skin. _ _
[A] But I want [B] my cup, [A] _
[B] I shake [A] my tin.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _
[E] Let's [B] begin, _ _ _ _ let's begin. _ _ _ _ _
[A] You know [C#m] my best [B] mates in Afghanistan, _ [F#m] fighting on Paris, [A] taking out [B] the Taliban.
[C#m] If anyone [B] can sort those mothers out, they can, [F#m] the sons [A] of souls, [B] breathe free. _
[A] He [C#m] says it's just [B] like walking through [E] Flanders [B] fields.
Now [F#m] the opium farts [A] have doubled [B] their yields.
[C#m] We bring them [B] all back on their comrades' shields.
[F#m] Here's the way to [B] Donald's fame.
[A] You know the [E] war on drugs [B] is an abject [C#m] failure.
[A] You try to [E] kill a fox [B] with a gun, Lord, [C#m] we rape ya.
[A] String [E] up the bands [B] today, [C#m] Poppy Day, [F#m] coming to [A] a town [B] near you.
_ [E]
[A] Coming to a town [B] near you. _ _
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