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G (320003@1)Every Sunday we go walking to the high part of the town,
     D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)      GEver (320003@1)since me father went up there and he found half a crown.
G (320003@1)He said 'this is easy money, the conditions can't be beat!'
      D (xx0232@1)                              C (x32010@1)       GWe've (320003@1)never found a penny more, but it keeps us off the street.

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	  C (x32010@1)            GKeep (320003@1)your hands down in your pockets,
	 C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)your eyes down on the ground,
        C (x32010@1)              GFor (320003@1)the streets are lined with silver,
       D7 (xx0212@1)       GIn (320003@1)the high part of the town.

GOur (320003@1)house is not so crowded since me mum, she ran away,
      D (xx0232@1)                                 C (x32010@1)          GShe'd (320003@1)rather live from hand to mouth than live from day to day.
GWell (320003@1)me father's often lonely, but it's a blessing in disguise;
     D (xx0232@1)                                C (x32010@1)             GIt's (320003@1)cured me mother's headaches and its cured me dad's black eyes.

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GWell (320003@1)a man came from the council for to make me go to school.
   D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)             GHe (320003@1)asked me lots of questions then he told me lots of rules.
GThen (320003@1)they tried to teach geography, but I found it much too hard;
          D (xx0232@1)                               C (x32010@1)             GWhen (320003@1)they asked me where does coal come from, I answered 'next door's yard!'

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GLast (320003@1)Sunday night me father had a bit too much to sup,
       D (xx0232@1)                           C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)he swapped his brand new overcoat for a seven-week-old pup.
GThey (320003@1)said it is was a bull dog, he believed them I suppose.
   D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)    GWe (320003@1)found it was a poodle with a badly broken nose!

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GWell, (320003@1)they sent me home from school last week, 'cause they said that I had nits,
   D (xx0232@1)                              C (x32010@1)               GMe (320003@1)mother said she was ashamed, but I was thrilled to bits.
GThe (320003@1)other kids were green with envy, so I knew just what to do;
  D (xx0232@1)                                        C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)sold them nits at ten pence each, and they all got sent home too!

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GNow (320003@1)me father said someday we'll live in the high part of the town,
    D (xx0232@1)                         C (x32010@1)            GBut (320003@1)every time he gets a job they close the colliery down.
GIt's (320003@1)not when the pits are closing when me father's troubles start;
     D (xx0232@1)                                 C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)when they close the pubs as well, it nearly breaks his heart!

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