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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 17:40:10 +0100 (BST)
From: Rev Linda Slug 
Subject: Jimmy Newman crd

		Jimmy Newman - Tom Paxton
    E (022100@1)	A (x02220@1)  EGet (022100@1)up Jimmy Newman the morning is come
			      F (133211@1)   EThe (022100@1)engine's are rumbling the coffee's all brewed
			    A (x02220@1)      EGet (022100@1)up Jimmy Newman there's work to be done
    F (133211@1)	       BAnd (x2444x@1)why do you lie there still sleeping
	  E (022100@1)		  AThere's (x02220@1)a waiting line forming to use the latrine
	E (022100@1)	BAnd (x2444x@1)the sun is just opening the sky
    E (022100@1)		   A (x02220@1)    EThe (022100@1)breakfast they're serving just has to be seen
	   F (133211@1)     EAnd (022100@1)you've only to open your eyes
		       A (x02220@1)     EGet (022100@1)up Jimmy Newman my radio's on
			     F (133211@1)EThe (022100@1)news is all bad but it's good for a laugh
			       A (x02220@1)  EThe (022100@1)tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone
F (133211@1)	   BWhy (x2444x@1)do you lie there still sleeping
    E (022100@1)		AThe (x02220@1)night nurse is gone and the sexy one's here
	E (022100@1)	BAnd (x2444x@1)she tells us such beautiful lies
    E (022100@1)	   A (x02220@1)     EHer (022100@1)uniform's tight on her marvellous rear
	   F (133211@1)     EAnd (022100@1)you've only to open your eyes
			   A (x02220@1)      EGet (022100@1)up Jimmy Newman you're missing the fun
				 F (133211@1)   EWe're (022100@1)loading the plane Jim it's time to go home
			    A (x02220@1)      EIt's (022100@1)over for us there's no more to be done
    F (133211@1)	       BAnd (x2444x@1)why do you lie there still sleeping
     E (022100@1)	      AIt's (x02220@1)stateside for us Jim the folks may not know
      E (022100@1)	  BWe'll (x2444x@1)let it be such a surprise
	E (022100@1)	  A (x02220@1)  EThey're (022100@1)loading us next Jim we're ready to go
	   F (133211@1)     EAnd (022100@1)you've only to open your eyes
			 A (x02220@1)      EGet (022100@1)up Jimmy Newman they won't take my word
				  F (133211@1)EI (022100@1)said you sleep hard but they're shaking their heads
			A (x02220@1)     EGet (022100@1)up Jimmy Newman and show them you heard
F (133211@1)	    BJimmy (x2444x@1)just show them you're sleeping
  E (022100@1)	     AA (x02220@1)joke is a joke but there's nothing to gain
	E (022100@1)	     BJim (x2444x@1)I'd slap you but I'm too weak to rise
    E (022100@1)	    A (x02220@1)EGet (022100@1)up damn it Jimmy you're missing the plane
	   FAnd (133211@1)you've only to open your eyes

Transcribed 2nd March 1996 by David Linley
dal23@hermes.cam.ac.uk

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