Intro:
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F#m
The drinking dens are spilling out
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There's staggering in the square
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There's lads and lasses falling 'bout
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and a crackling in the air
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Down around the dungeon doors
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The shelters and the queues
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Everybody's looking for
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Somebody's arms to fall into
F#m Am D E
And it's what it is
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F#m Am D E
it's what it is now
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F#m
There's frost on the graves and the monuments
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But the taverns are warm in town
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People curse the government and
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Shovel hot food down
F#m
Lights are out in city hall
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The castle and the keep
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The moon shines down upon it all
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The legless and asleep
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And it's cold on the tollgate
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With the wagons creeping through
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Cold on the tollgate
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God knows what I could do with you
F#m Am D E
And it's what it is
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F#m Am D E
it's what it is now
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F#m
The garrison sleeps in the citadel
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With the ghosts and the ancient stones
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High on the parapet
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A Scottish piper stands alone
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F#m
High on the wind
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The highland drums begin to roll
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And something from the past just comes
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and stares into my soul
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And it's
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Cold on the tollgate
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With the Caledonian blues
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Cold on the tollgate
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God knows what I could do with you
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And that's what is is
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It's what it is now
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It's what is is
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F#m Am D E
It's what it is now
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SOLO:
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F#m
There's a chink of light
There's a burning wick
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There's a lantern in the tower
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Wee Willie Winkie with a candlestick
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Still writing songs in the wee wee hours
F#m
On Charlotte Street I take
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a walking stick from my hotel
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The ghost of Dirty Dick
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Is still in search of Little Nell
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And that's what it is
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It's what it is now
It's what it is
(violin)
F#m Am D E
What it is, now, now, now...
(F#m Am D E)
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