Billy Bragg – Northern Industrial Town (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Billy Bragg From: “William Bloke” (1996) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | D | [Verse 1]
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It's just a northern industrial town

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The front doors of the houses open into the street

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There's no room for front gardens, just a two-up, two-down

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In a northern industrial town
[Verse 2]
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And you can see the green hills 'cross the rooftops

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And a fresher wind blows past the end of our block

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In the evenings the mist comes rolling on down

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Into a northern industrial town
[Verse 3]
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And there's only two teams in this town

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And you must follow one or the other

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Let us win, let them lose, not the other way round

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In a northern industrial town
[Verse 4]
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And the streetlights look pretty and bright

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From the tops of the hills that rise dark in the night

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If it weren't for the rain, you might never come down

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To your northern industrial town
[Verse 5]
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And on payday they tear the place down

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With a pint in your hand and a bash 'em out band

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Sure they'd dance to the rhythm of the rain falling down

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In a northern industrial town
[Verse 6]
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And there's plenty of artists around

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Painters, steal cars, poets, nicked guitars

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'Cause we're out of the black and we're into the red

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So give us this day our daily bread

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In a northern industrial town
[Verse 7]
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But it's not Leeds or Manchester

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Liverpool, Sheffield nor Glasgow

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It's not Newcastle-on-Tyne ... it's Belfast

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It's just a northern industrial town
[Coda]
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Merry Christmas, war is over

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In a northern industrial town