Am
Skinheads in the doorway
Am
Get their heads kicked in
Am
Full of drugs and racism
Am
Now it?s getting grim


Dm
A clip joint bouncer
Dm
Beats them to a pulp
Am
And leaves them in the gutter
Am
On their blood to gulp


E
That?s the news
Am
Soho?s news


Am
Well Jimmy my slum landlord
Am
Comes round for the rent
Am
Well Jackie who he pimps for
Am
Her money he has spent


Dm
Well there?s junkies in the toilet
Dm
And the front door?s been kicked down
Am
Mr rent boy neighbours
Am
Well they go up and down


E
That?s the news
E
The news


Am
Well a man from a northern town
Am
He goes steaming in
Am
Someone stole his sixty pounds
Am
So now he does him in


Dm
Well a piano bar bouncer
Dm
Goes to the person?s defence
Am
Stealing money for his fix
Am
Well that was the offence


E
That?s the news
E
That?s the news
E
That?s the news
Am
The Soho news


Am
Up the road a clipper
Am
Gets stabbed through the heart
Am
She tried to rip off a psychopath
Am
And now pays for her art


Dm
I saw her standing in the rain
Dm
On a Sunday afternoon
Am
I looked into her eyes
Am
And I knew that she was doomed


E
That?s the news
E
The news
Am
The Soho news



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