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Intro: E Emaj7 (x2) Abm A Dbm D B

Verse 1:
E        Emaj7       E                    Emaj7        Abm
Here's a story about the rules of death or glory to be learned by heart by all children or
men.
        A                           Dbm                           D
It's the hour of the morning on the day after the dawning when the sun they said

would never set,
B
it finally set again.
       E           Emaj7            E                   Emaj7       Abm
Was it Cromwell or Orwell who first lead you to the stairwell which leads only forever to

kingdoms to come?
          A                            Dbm
Rushed alone by guiding hands, whispers of the promised land
    D                                   B
They wished you luck and handed you a gun

Chorus:
C                 E
Life could be so handsome
C                E
Life could be so gay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way

Verse 2:
   E          Emaj7          E              Emaj7
In the pub that night racking out the lines of shite
Abm
Putting to right all of the world's great wrongs
       A                                         Dbm                                 D
Yes we thought that they were brothers then they half-murdered each other, then they did a
                 B
karaoke turn and murdered our best song
E                   Emaj7               E           Emaj7          Abm
Told the governor's wife about the last night of his life, she turned away in tears called

you a liar
           A                      Dbm
Where are all your dreams now? The battalions, once so proud,
D                                 B
Lost in some old song and hanging on the old barbed-wire

Chorus:
C                     E
Well life could be so handsome
C                     E
It's all going to be okay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way

Instrumental: E C E C E C D B

Verse 3:
      E              Emaj7            E              Emaj7
Nowhere in the institutions, did they teach that revolution?
Abm
Something that could ever come to pass
        A                               Dbm
All we tried once before was the king's head on the floor
           D                                           B
And we got booted out the boozer cause someone smashed the glass

Chorus:
C                 E
Life could be so handsome
C             E
Life could be okay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way
C                 E
Life could be so handsome
C             E
It's all gonna be okay
C           E
We're going nowhere
D                            B
But nowhere, nowhere is on our way
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