An Old English Dream

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C F

They say this fair city

G Am

Has ten thousand souls

F C

Some live in mansions

And some live in holes

C F/A

Some eat from silver

G Am

And some eat from gold

F C

Some sift through garbage

And sleep in the cold

C F C

Sleep out in the cold

Chorus 1

Am D

I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars

G C D G

I saw a deep river all choked up with cars

G#dim Am D G

And a babe in a cradle and a cat with the cream

G#dim Am G F C F G F

And an old English church yard and an old English dream

Verse 2

C F

Once we had a country

G Am

And thought it so fair

F C

If you look through the mirror

You can still find it there

C F/A

But now our great country

G Am

Is broken and torn

F C

And all of its promise

And liberties worn

C F C

All of its liberties worn

Chorus 2

Am D

I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars

G C D G

I saw a deep river all choked up with cars

G#dim Am D G

And a babe in a cradle and a cat with the cream

G#dim Am G F C

And an old English church yard and an old English dream

Instrumental

C F G Am F C G

Verse 3

C F

I saw a great plain in winter

G Am

All covered in snow

F C

Ten thousand soldiers

Marched to and fro

C F/A

I saw a broken down building

G Am

With ten thousand doors

F C

None of them open

None of them yours

C F C G C F C

Not a one of them yours

Chorus 3

Am D

I saw a great highway that stretched to the stars

G C D G

I saw a deep river all choked up with cars

G#dim Am D G

And a babe in a cradle and a cat with the cream

G#dim Am G F C F G

And an old English church yard and an old English dream

F C F G

And an old English dream

F C

And an old English dream

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