Past

Transpose

Year: 1985
Album: The Clock Comes Down The Stairs

INTRO (x2)

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D

C

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VERSE 1

G

They opened

D

up

C

a cocktail

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bar

G

In the

D

shadow of

C

Engels

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Court

G

Now folks dress

D

up

C

and spend their

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cash

G

You can’t de

D

ny their London

C

pride

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They say “

C

Who won the

D

war?

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Who ruled the

D

world?

C

Who showed them

D

all?”

Well

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who

D

cares?

CHORUS

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Ru

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n

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from the

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past

C

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I

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n

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to the

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past

C

VERSE 2

G

Your job will

D

go,

C

your house will

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go

G

But they will

D

wave from their

C

vide

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o

C

And the po

D

lice

Will

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be there as

D

well

With a

C

boot or a

D

gun

To

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cry

D

out

CHORUS

Dm

Ru

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Dm

n

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from the

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past

C

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I

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n

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to the

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past

C

INTERLUDE

F

Into the

C

past

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she

ran

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Underschooled and

G

under

Am

fed

And she

F

runs through the

C

deaf

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city

Fmaj7

Looking for a

G

well-paid

Am

job

G

And she

Fmaj7

finds it on the

G

gin house

Fmaj7

floor

G

D

C

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G

D

C

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VERSE 3

(And the papers always say) “

C

Go back to

D

work

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You’re all a

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lone

C

Old-fashioned,

D

weak

And

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chil

D

dish”

CHORUS

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Ru

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Dm

n

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from the

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past

C

Dm

I

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Dm

n

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to the

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past

C

You gotta

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ru

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Dm

n

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from the

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past

C

Dm

I

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Dm

n

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to the

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past, yeah

C

OUTRO

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