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F  Am  Bb  C
FSoldier      Amyou got to get Bbout more.C  
There is Flife after Amproperty.  EveryBbone has got a Cfinder's fee.
FiFnd          Amsomething Bbdifficult to do and Cdo it.
FWrite your Amenglish music, Bbwrite your Cenglish music,
Fwrite your Amenglish Bbmusic, Crun Ffree.Am  Bb  C  
F  Am  Bb  C
FShe      Amtasted Bbof the Christmas Cwines and said:
F"So many Amthings have run through Bbme.C  
I know the Faltar boys, they Amjust wanna do Bbme and that's Cfine...
You got to have   Ffaith     Am-aBbith     CYeah, you got to have...
F  Am  Bb  C
Once Bbagain, it's a quarter-to-Cthree by CAmbleside-by-the-DSea,
                             F                       Am            Bb    Bbrepeat
and something's telling you: "Boy, it's time to take    sides!"
Fwrite your English AmMusic, though you Bbknow it will come to no Cgood
when Fbrilliance has a taste for Amsuffering,
and you're Bbsofter than the western Cworld..."
  F    Am    Bb   Crepeat
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These are the notes the piano emphasizes with each chord
F----Am12--------Bb------C15-13-12--|
-------15-13------------------|
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One time he plays this over C
-18-17-15---|
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At the end he repeats this over all the chords
-12-13-12-13-|
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(note the * signifies the note you should accent in the chord)
You could get fancy and play it like this
F---------Am12*-------Bb6-6\---C15*13*12*-|
10-10\---13-15*13*-6-6\---13-13-13--|
10-10\---14-14-14--7-7\---12-12-12--|
10-10\-------------8-8\-------------|
8--8\--------------8-8\-------------|
-------------------6-6\-------------|
Or less fancy (an octave lower than the piano)
F---------Am0*--------Bb6-6\---C3*-1*-0*--|
10-10\---1-3*1*----6-6\---1--1--1---|
10-10\---2-2-2-----7-7\---0--0--0---|
10-10\---2-2-2-----8-8\---2--2--2---|
8--8\----0-0-0-----8-8\---3--3--3---|
-------------------6-6\-------------|
If you’re fiddling with this, you can probably figure out
how to play the variations with chords.

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English Music

by Destroyer

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F Am Bb C

Soldier you got to get out more.

F Am Bb C

There is life after property. Everyone has got a finder's fee.

F Am Bb C

Find something difficult to do and do it.

F Am Bb C

Write your english music, write your english music,

F Am Bb C F Am Bb C

write your english music, run free.

F Am Bb C

She tasted of the Christmas wines and said:

F Am Bb C

"So many things have run through me.

F Am Bb C

I know the altar boys, they just wanna do me and that's fine...

F Am Bb C

You got to have faith -aith Yeah, you got to have...

F Am Bb C

Bb C C D

Once again, it's a quarter-to-three by Ambleside-by-the-Sea,

F Am Bb Bb

repeat

and something's telling you: "Boy, it's time to take sides!"

F Am Bb C

write your English Music, though you know it will come to no good

F Am

when brilliance has a taste for suffering,

Bb C

and you're softer than the western world..."

F Am Bb C

repeat

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These are the notes the piano emphasizes with each chord

F Am Bb C

----12--------------15-13-12--|

-------15-13------------------|

------------------------------|

One time he plays this over C

-18-17-15---|

------------|

At the end he repeats this over all the chords

-12-13-12-13-|

-------------|

(note the * signifies the note you should accent in the chord)

You could get fancy and play it like this

F Am Bb C

---------12*-------6-6\---15*13*12*-|

10-10\---13-15*13*-6-6\---13-13-13--|

10-10\---14-14-14--7-7\---12-12-12--|

10-10\-------------8-8\-------------|

8--8\--------------8-8\-------------|

-------------------6-6\-------------|

Or less fancy (an octave lower than the piano)

F Am Bb C

---------0*--------6-6\---3*-1*-0*--|

10-10\---1-3*1*----6-6\---1--1--1---|

10-10\---2-2-2-----7-7\---0--0--0---|

10-10\---2-2-2-----8-8\---2--2--2---|

8--8\----0-0-0-----8-8\---3--3--3---|

-------------------6-6\-------------|

If you’re fiddling with this, you can probably figure out

how to play the variations with chords.

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