Intro: D5 G5 A5 D5
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I'm on a B road heading for the sea
E5
To see if hands across the ocean
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Shake or wave
D5
Through the whiplash of the windscreen wipers
E5
I can see for miles
                           A5
But all I do is watch the time
                   D5
And the driver's hands


He harbours thoughts on personal grief

I said your hardship's

Only one of a fleet

That didn't go down well

CHORUS
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Listen son if you'd spent
      B5
Your life in the last lane
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You would have an accent to grind
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Punch-drunk on patriotism
 B5
Blind-drunk on borderism
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Maybe I should drive

 D5
And while you're castaway

The mice'll play
 E5
They'll have a license
                         A5
To dull those left back home
                        D5
What about those poor souls?

CHORUS

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And as I jumped to these conclusions
     E5          D5
He thumped his feet on the brakes
         A5
But we still hit a songwriter
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Trudging through the rain

  A5
Scrambled out and watched him

Rest in pieces
 B5
Said a prayer and rifled
              E5
Through his pockets

But the side of his mouth
                        A5
Still had something to say
        D5
At the toss of a coin
          G5
I end up head in the dirt
                 A5
And tail in the air
                    D5
Yet you can dance away
     G5                       A5
But be it friend of hard-up-man

=46ellow or kin
           D5
When the chips are down
                  G5
They're down for good