Tom: C C F They say immigrants steal the hubcaps Dm9 Am Of the respected gentlemen F They say it would be wine an' roses D C If England were for Englishmen again C Well I saw a dirty overcoat Am At the foot of the pillar of the road G7 Propped inside was an old man Am Whom time would not erode C When the night was snapped by sirens Am Those blue lights circled fast G7 The dancehall called for an' ambulance Am The bars all closed up fast My silence gazing at the ceiling While roaming the single room I thought the old man could help me If he could explain the gloom You really think it's all new You really think about it too The old man scoffed as he spoke to me I'll tell you athing or two C F I missed the fourteen-eighteen war Am Em Am But not the sorrow afterwards Dm F With my father dead and my mother ran off C G My brothers took the pay of hoods The twenties turned the north was dead The hunger strike came marching south At the garden party not a word was said The ladies lifted cake to their mouths C The next war began and my ship sailed Am With battle orders writ in bed G7 In five long years of bullets and shells Am We left tem million dead C The few returned to old Piccadily Am We limped around Leicster Square G7 The world was busy rebuilding itself Am The architects could not care But how could we know when I was young All the canges that were to come? All the photos in the wallets on the battlefield And now the terror of the scientific sun There was masters an' servants an' servants an' dogs They taught you how to touch your cap But through strikes an' famine an' war an' peace England never closed this gap C F So leave me now the moon is up Am Em Am But remember all the tales I tell Dm F The memories that you have dredged up C Are on letters forwarded from hell The streets were by now deserted The gangs had trudged off home The lights clicked off in the bedsits An' old England was all alone
