E5 G5 The time I think most clearly C5 The time I drift away E5 G5 Is on the busride that meanders C5 Up these valleys of green and grey E5 G5 I get to think about what might have been C5 And what may yet come true E5 G5 And I get to pass these rainy miles C5 Thinking of you C5 And all the while, all the while B5 I still hear that call C5 From the land of gold and poison B5 That beckons to us all E5 G5 Nothing changes here very much C5 You used to say it never will E5 G5 The pubs are all full on friday nights C5 And things get started still E5 G5 You spend hours last week with Billy-boy C5 Bleeding, yeah queueing in casualty E5 G5 Stare at those posters we used to laugh at C5 In heaven neverland, palmtrees by the sea C5 There was no need for these guys to hurt him so bad B5 When all they had to do was knock him down C5 But noone asks too many questions, not anymore B5 Since you left this town Chorus: G5 D5 And tomorrow brings another train B5 C5 Another young brave steals away G5 D5 But you're the one I remember B5 C5 E5 From these valleys of the green and the grey E5 G5 You used to talk about winners and losers all the time C5 As if that was all there was E5 G5 As if we were not of the same blood family C5 As if we live by different laws E5 G5 Do you owe so much less to these rain swept hills C5 Than you owe to your good self E5 G5 Is it true that the world has always got to be C5 Something that seems to happen somewhere else C5 Oh, for god sake why don't you realize B5 That I still hear that call C5 Do you think you're so brave to just start running B5 To that which beckons to us all Bridge: G5 D5 Oooh, not for one second did you look behind you B5 C5 When you were walking away G5 D5 Never once did you wish any of us well B5 C5 Those who had chosen to stay G5 D5 And if that's what it takes to make it B5 C5 In the place where you live today G5 D5 Then I guess you'll never read these letters that I've sent B5 C5 From the valleys of the green and the grey A5 B5 E5 Valleys of the green and the grey
