Last Day Of The Miners Strike

Pulp
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Kids are spitting on the Town Hall steps and frightening old ladies
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I dreamt that I was living back in the mid 1980s
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People marching, people shouting, people wearing pastel leather
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The future's ours for the taking now, if we just stick together
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And I said:
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"Hey, lay your burden down
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Seems the last day of the miners' strike
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Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"
Verse 1
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Well my body sank below the ground, it became as black as night
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Overhead the sound of horses' hooves, people fighting for their lives
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Some joker in a headband was still getting chicks for free
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And Big Brother was still watching you, back in the days of '83
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And I said:
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"Hey, lay your burden down
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Seems the last day of the miners' strike
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Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"
Verse 2
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Well by 1985 I was as cold as cold could be
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But no-one was underground to dig me out and set me free
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'87 socialism gave way to socialising
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So put your hands up in the air once more, the north is rising...
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And I said:
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"Hey, lay your burden down
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Seems the last day of the miners' strike
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Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"
Pre-chorus
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Oh,sing Hallelujah,
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Ah, sing Hallelujah
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Don't let them fool you again,
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Ah, sing Hallelujah ahahahaaah!
Interlude
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Chorus
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By now I'm sick an tired of just living in this hole
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So I took the ancient tablets, blew off the dust
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Swallowed them whole
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Oh, come on, let's get together
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Oh, come on, the past is gone
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Well the very first Commandment:
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Come on
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Come on, let's get it on
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Come on, let's get it on
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Get it on
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Get it on
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Get it on
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Get it on
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Get it on
Interlude
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Bridge
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"Hey, lay your burden down
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Seems the last day of the miners' strike
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Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"
Chords Used
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A7×
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