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What A Time It Was

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[Chorus]
CWhat a time it Amwas
FWith so few friends to tGurn to
CWhat a time it Amwas
FWhen all we did seemed wGrong
FWe'd broken all our bGonds
And the baCttle Csus2plan was dAmrawn
FWhat a time
GWhat a time it wCas
[Verse]
CIn 1965, the year of UDI
Who'd have thought the country
Would surGvive, oh stay alive
The UN made us outcasts
And the British said we couldn't last
That we would fall when the oil did not arCrive
[Repeat for remaining verses/choruses)

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What A Time It Was

by Clem Tholet

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Csus2

[Chorus]

C Am

What a time it was

F G

With so few friends to turn to

C Am

What a time it was

F G

When all we did seemed wrong

F G

We'd broken all our bonds

C Csus2 Am

And the battle plan was drawn

What a time

G C

What a time it was

[Verse]

In 1965, the year of UDI

Who'd have thought the country

Would survive, oh stay alive

The UN made us outcasts

And the British said we couldn't last

That we would fall when the oil did not arrive

[Repeat for remaining verses/choruses)

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