The Saints Are Coming by The Skids from the album Scared to Dance.

Tuning 6=Eb 5=Ab 4=Db 3=Gb 2=Bb 1=eb

Chords
Em x79987  Em/D xx0987  Bm* 799777  F#7sus4 x9x977  D6 x5x888
F#/C# x4x676  D x5777x  Bm 7997xx  E5 x799xx  D5 x577xx 
G 3554xx  F#7 x9x97x  F#5/C# x4x67x

Verse 1.
  Em                       Em/D
I cried to my daddy on the telephone
    Bm*
how long now
          Em                Em/D
Until the clouds unroll and you come home
    Bm*
the line went
        Em                         Em/D
But the shadows still remain since your descent
     Bm*
your descent

Instrumental
NC, NC, ¦¦ Em, F#7sus4, D6, F#C# ¦¦

Verse 2.
  Em                       Em/D
I cried to my daddy on the telephone
    Bm*
how long now
          Em                Em/D
Until the clouds unroll and you come home
    Bm*
the line went
        Em                         Em/D
But the shadows still remain since your descent
     Bm*
your descent

Link 1.
E5, D5.

Chorus 1.
    E5         G           E5         G
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
  E5                         D5
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
    E5         G           E5         G
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
  E5                         D5
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply

Instrumental
¦¦ Em, F#7, D, F#5/C#, Em, F#7sus4, D6, F#/C# ¦¦

Verse 3.
  Em              Em/D
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief
    Bm
How long now
        Em                Em/D
Until a weather change condemns belief
    Bm
The stone says
     Em                  Em/D
This paternal guide once had his day
     Bm            Em/D
Once had his day

Link 2.
E5, D5.

Chorus 2.
    E5         G           E5         G
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
  E5                         D5
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
    E5         G           E5         G
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
  E5                         D5
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
  E5                         D5
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply
  E5                         D5
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply

Another great song....taff
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