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Sinking Ships
AmI don’t want to talk to yDmou and you don’t want to talk to me,
Amso ill shut my eyes and tDmhink of England while i speak,
Fyou don’t want my photograpEh and i don’t want to know your name,
E . ----------------------------------|
B .-----------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------|
D ---- 2------------------2-----------|
A --0--- 3----5---0---3---5----0------|
E ------------------------------------|
Amyou say we look the same Dmlike everybody else,
Ammaybe that’s cos we like Dmto keep ourselves to ourselves,
Ambut you want something Dmdifferent, you want Amsomething false,
Amyou DmwaFnt your opinion to always be involved, E C
that wont last at all, no that’s not natural,
Cif Dmyou should change your colours
Dmor Cyou should change your mind,
Ci Dmwont go holding grudges,
DmI lAmet sleeping dogs lie
/ = Slide
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
B --- 1----1/5-----------1----1/5-------3—1------------------------|
G –2--- 2-------5--4--2 ---2-----5-4-----------2 0---2—0-----------| X2
D -----------------------------------------------------------2 0---|
A------------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
Amoh Dmhow you'd love it if we had disappeared along the horizon,
AmgoiDmng down like sinking ships in the nighttime,
Ambut no one came to save our souls,
Dmno one came to fix the holes,
Ambut Dmwe made it back to land,
Fso if you’ve backed the underdog,
Eyou may collect your winnings,
Cif Dmyou should change your colours
Dmor Cyou should change your mind,
Ci Dmwont go holding grudges,
DmI lFet sleeping dogs lie
Foh Ebut by the same token,
Fi cannot forget,
FhoEw you hanged your own quarter,
Cthose you don’t respect,
Fso I will not pretend,
Cyou and i want to be friends,
Dmcos we both know that that would be a lie

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Sinking Ships

by Milburn

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Sinking Ships

Am Dm

I don’t want to talk to you and you don’t want to talk to me,

Am Dm

so ill shut my eyes and think of England while i speak,

F E

you don’t want my photograph and i don’t want to know your name,

E . ----------------------------------|

B .-----------------------------------|

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

D ---- 2------------------2-----------|

A --0--- 3----5---0---3---5----0------|

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

Am Dm

you say we look the same like everybody else,

Am Dm

maybe that’s cos we like to keep ourselves to ourselves,

Am Dm Am

but you want something different, you want something false,

Am Dm F

you want your opinion to always be involved, E C

that wont last at all, no that’s not natural,

C Dm

if you should change your colours

Dm C

or you should change your mind,

C Dm

i wont go holding grudges,

Dm Am

I let sleeping dogs lie

/ = Slide

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

B --- 1----1/5-----------1----1/5-------3—1------------------------|

G –2--- 2-------5--4--2 ---2-----5-4-----------2 0---2—0-----------| X2

D -----------------------------------------------------------2 0---|

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

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

Am Dm

oh how you'd love it if we had disappeared along the horizon,

Am Dm

going down like sinking ships in the nighttime,

but no one came to save our souls,

no one came to fix the holes,

Am Dm

but we made it back to land,

so if you’ve backed the underdog,

you may collect your winnings,

C Dm

if you should change your colours

Dm C

or you should change your mind,

C Dm

i wont go holding grudges,

Dm F

I let sleeping dogs lie

F E

oh but by the same token,

i cannot forget,

F E

how you hanged your own quarter,

those you don’t respect,

so I will not pretend,

you and i want to be friends,

cos we both know that that would be a lie

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