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North Atlantic Drift

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Title:          North Atlantic Drift
Author:         Ocean Colour Scene
Album:          North Atlantic Drift
TAB BY:         James McNealy
[Intro]
e|-12-12-10-5-G7---12-12-10-5-G/F#7-----12-12-10-5-Em7---12-12-10-5-D5------------|
B|-12-12-10-5-8---12-12-10-5-8-----12-12-10-5-8---12-12-10-5-5------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Played through chorus also)
[Chorus]
GMeanwhile G/F#Rome burns
EmMeanwhile DRome burns
[Verse 1]
GIt's a cultural shift
G/F#it's the North Atlantic Drift
EmAmericana
CAnd rule Britannia
and the Gmoon, yes we G/F#own that to
And Emwhere the Euphrates
Cmeets the other rivers
is now the Ghome
of the G/F#devil and the liar
EmAnd the pyre we plan to make
CIs just the drift leaving its GwakG/F#e, hoEmmeC  
(Chorus)
[Verse 2]
And the films you want to watch
And the films you want to make
And the kids, like lost angels
dressed in black sensations
And the shift, won't shake
And the drift, won't break
with billions of Diamonds
growing like colours
and the drift owns the coffers
(Chorus repeat to fade)

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North Atlantic Drift

by Ocean Colour Scene

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G/F#

Title: North Atlantic Drift

Author: Ocean Colour Scene

Album: North Atlantic Drift

TAB BY: James McNealy

[Intro]

G G/F# Em D

e|-12-12-10-5-7---12-12-10-5-7-----12-12-10-5-7---12-12-10-5-5------------|

B|-12-12-10-5-8---12-12-10-5-8-----12-12-10-5-8---12-12-10-5-5------------|

G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Played through chorus also)

[Chorus]

G G/F#

Meanwhile Rome burns

Em D

Meanwhile Rome burns

[Verse 1]

It's a cultural shift

G/F#

it's the North Atlantic Drift

Americana

And rule Britannia

G G/F#

and the moon, yes we own that to

And where the Euphrates

meets the other rivers

is now the home

G/F#

of the devil and the liar

And the pyre we plan to make

C G G/F# Em C

Is just the drift leaving its wake, home

(Chorus)

[Verse 2]

And the films you want to watch

And the films you want to make

And the kids, like lost angels

dressed in black sensations

And the shift, won't shake

And the drift, won't break

with billions of Diamonds

growing like colours

and the drift owns the coffers

(Chorus repeat to fade)

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