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I once had a teacher
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Who said "Silence is golden
G5                D5           C5
Put your name on everything
   G5                 D5       E5  D5
If you don't want it stolen"


    G5       D5        C5       D5
But Sir who owns the rolling fields?
    G5       C5        E5       D5
And Sir who owns the standing stones?
    G5       C5        E5       A5
And Sir who owns the restless sea?
C5              D5
      It's not you
             G5     D5     C5
And it's not me

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G5            D5        C5
I Once had a teacher
    G5                    D5         C5
Who said "You'll grow up too soon
           G5            D5            C5
You'll get washed up on higher moral ground
        G5          D5           E5  D5
Singing Tory party pop tunes"

G5            D5        C5
I once had a teacher
    G5                    D5         C5
Who said "You'll come to no good
    G5            D5         C5
You want to be a fitter?
           G5                       D5      E5  D5
That's the best one I've heard all year"


    G5       D5    C5       D5
But Sir you only knew my name
    G5     C5      E5         D5
You never really knew me at all
    G5       C5    E5   A5
And Sir you only ever sent
C5     D5
Me to face
    G5    D5    C5
The wall

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  G5                D5        C5
I used to live off outrage
    G5              D5         C5
But now I've got a mortgage
  G5              D5           C5
I used to be the cock of the school
    G5              D5
But now I'm just a no bill paying
E5   G5      D5
Tax evading fool


    G5        D5          C5       D5
But Sir I've walked the rolling fields
    G5        C5     E5 D5
And felt the magic crying
G5              C5             E5     A5
  And seen the sorrow in the silver sky
     C5                      D5       
That tells you that hope is dying


G5             D5        C5      D5
  So come and stand on Pendle Hill
    G5         C5   E5 D5
And watch the sun rising
G5         C5                    E5            A5
  To understand that there's a light shining still
C5                       D5
Whether you're laughing
          G5 D5 C5
Or you're crying
       G5 D5 C5      
You're crying
       G5 D5 C5 
You're crying
           G5 D5 C5 
You're not crying
       G5 D5 C5 
You're crying (Come all you shipwrecked angels)
       G5 D5 C5 
You're crying (Who stand here on a wire)
           G5 D5 C5 
You're not crying (I see the sun is rising)
           G5 D5 C5 
You're not crying (To fill our hearts with fire)
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