Chords for The Alarm - The spirit of '76

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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] Well, I find myself in [C] reverie _ At what [G] we might have had and [C] what might have been
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We had something going [C] once That [G] was such a long, long [D] time ago
[G] _ _ [Am] It was [G] way back in [C] 76 _ [G] Our friendship formed [C] of pure innocence
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We first met in Matthew [C] Street Where we [G] heard something that [D] would set us [G] free
_ [D] A [Em] _ sign [D] stands [G] over a door And says four lights [D] and shook the world
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In [G] the depths of those [C] heady [D] nights _
[Em] We would [G] dream [C] of those bright _ [D] lights
Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend
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[G] _ my friend Johnny went away _ And he made some mistakes, spent [D] time in Walter and [G] Jane
And now when I see him, we still talk But there's no light [D] shining in [G] his [D] eyes
[G] And Smoothie, she was seventeen _ And my beauty in this world, I swear you'll never see
I was gonna be king [C] and she was gonna [G] be queen But now [D] all she does [G] is hide [D] behind the [Em] tears
If [Bm] there was more [G] sense in this [D] world And work wasn't so hard to [G] find
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[A] You would [G] not be [C] going your [G]
way I would not be [C] going mine
[D] _ _ Oh my friend, oh [G] my friend, [D] oh my friend Somewhere [C] tonight [Em] out on [G] the street
[D] Somewhere [C] beneath [D] this city [G]
streets With the eyes of strangers who pass me by
Well [C] life is cruel [G] and so are _ times [C] So let's put it up 70 [G] cents
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_ [G] _ he'd have seen his dreams come [D] _
[G] true But that don't make him no hero
He's just one out of lucky few And a man can't change the world [D] these days
I still [G] believe a man [D] can change his [G] own [D] destiny [G] But the price is high, [C] that has gotta be paid
[G] For everyone who survives, for [C] the many who [G] fail I've seen my friends caught out in [D] that [C] _
[G] crossfire
Oh it seems [D] it helps [G] smash under [D] human [Em] power _ I [G] will never give in [D] until the day that I die _
[Am] Rock up [G] myself, strong in dependence Carve out a future with my true _ [D] bands
Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my [G]
friend [D] Somewhere [C] tonight [Em] out on [G] the street
[D] Somewhere [C] beneath [D] this city [B]
[C] streets With the eyes of strangers [G] who pass me [Em] _ [G] by
Oh [C] life is cruel [G] and so are _ [C] times So let's put it up 70 [G] cents
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ Mercy lights shine in the distance Same as they did for [Em] us then
_ _ _ Mercy lights shine bright in the distance Where are you now my friend?
You see, [G] some nights when I can't sleep [C] I [D] still think of you
_ _ _ Of all our [Am] promises, _ all our dreams [Em] we _ shared _ _ _ I [D]
know _ [A] those lights [G] still cause you
_ [C] I can hear [G] them now, I can hear them now
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_ _ _ Still _ shining for you, _ let them see _
_ [C] _ [G] We can hear them, _ _ _ we can hear them
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_ _ _ _ Still _ _ _ [D] shining, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] somewhere [C] tonight [Em] out [G] on the street [D] Somewhere [C] beneath [D] this city [Bm] streets
With the eyes [C] of strangers [G] who pass me by _ [C] Oh life is [G] cruel and so are _ [C] times
_ _ _ Let's sit down, let's spit it up [G] 70 cents
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