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Liverpool 8

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Cmajor

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Normal Tuning
Capo on 4th fret.
[Verse 1]
N.C.
I was a sailor Cfirst, I sailed the Fsea.
Then I got a Cjob in a factorFy.Am  G7  
Played Butlin's CCamp with my friend RoFry,
it was good for Chim, it was great for Fme.Am  G7  
[Chorus]
CLiverpool I G/Bleft you, said 'goodAmbye' to Am/GMadryn FStreet.
CI always followed G/Bmy heart and I Amnever Am/Gmissed a Fbeat.
CDestiny was G/Bcalling, I just Amcouldn't Am/Gstick aFround.
CLiverpool I G/Bleft you E7but I Amnever Am/Glet you Fdown.
[Verse 2]
Went to HamCburg, the red lights were Fon.
With George and CPaul and my friend FJohn.
We rocked all Cnight, we all looked Ftough,
we didn't have Cmuch but we had eFnough.Am  G7  
[Chorus] 
LCiverpool I lG/Beft you, said 'goodbAmye' to MAm/Gadryn SFtreet.
CI always followed G/Bmy heart and I Amnever Am/Gmissed a Fbeat.
CDestiny was G/Bcalling, I just Amcouldn't Am/Gstick aFround.
CLiverpool I G/Bleft you E7but I Amnever Am/Glet you Fdown.
[Instrumental]
C    G/B     Am    Am/G    F
[Verse 3] 
In the U.S.CA. when we played FShea.
We were number Cone. Man, it was Ffun.
When I look Cback it sure was Fcool,
for those four Cboys from LiverFpool.Am/G  G7  
[Chorus]
LCiverpool I G/Bleft you, said 'goodAmbye' to AdAm/Gmiral GFrove.
CI always followed G/Bmy heart so I Amtook it Am/Gon the Froad.
CDestiny was G/Bcalling, I just Amcouldn't Am/Gstick aFround.
CLiverpool I G/Bleft you E7but I Amnever Am/Glet you Fdown.
[Outro]
C     G/B      Am        Am/G   F
CLa, la, la, G/Bla, la, la, Am/GLa, la, la, Fla, la, la
CLiverpool!G/B  Am  Am/G  F  
CLiverpool!G/B  Am  Am/G  F  

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Liverpool 8

by Ringo Starr

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Am/G

Normal Tuning

Capo on 4th fret.

[Verse 1]

N.C.

C F

I was a sailor first, I sailed the sea.

C F Am G7

Then I got a job in a factory.

C F

Played Butlin's Camp with my friend Rory,

C F Am G7

it was good for him, it was great for me.

[Chorus]

C G/B Am Am/G F

Liverpool I left you, said 'goodbye' to Madryn Street.

C G/B Am Am/G F

I always followed my heart and I never missed a beat.

C G/B Am Am/G F

Destiny was calling, I just couldn't stick around.

C G/B E7 Am Am/G F

Liverpool I left you but I never let you down.

[Verse 2]

C F

Went to Hamburg, the red lights were on.

C F

With George and Paul and my friend John.

C F

We rocked all night, we all looked tough,

C F Am G7

we didn't have much but we had enough.

[Chorus]

C G/B Am Am/G F

Liverpool I left you, said 'goodbye' to Madryn Street.

C G/B Am Am/G F

I always followed my heart and I never missed a beat.

C G/B Am Am/G F

Destiny was calling, I just couldn't stick around.

C G/B E7 Am Am/G F

Liverpool I left you but I never let you down.

[Instrumental]

C G/B Am Am/G F

[Verse 3]

C F

In the U.S.A. when we played Shea.

C F

We were number one. Man, it was fun.

C F

When I look back it sure was cool,

C F Am/G G7

for those four boys from Liverpool.

[Chorus]

C G/B Am Am/G F

Liverpool I left you, said 'goodbye' to Admiral Grove.

C G/B Am Am/G F

I always followed my heart so I took it on the road.

C G/B Am Am/G F

Destiny was calling, I just couldn't stick around.

C G/B E7 Am Am/G F

Liverpool I left you but I never let you down.

[Outro]

C G/B Am Am/G F

C G/B Am/G F

La, la, la, la, la, la, La, la, la, la, la, la

C G/B Am Am/G F

Liverpool!

C G/B Am Am/G F

Liverpool!

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