Spirit Of 76 chords by The Alarm

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

G+G D MajorD A minorAm G+G  D MajorD C majorC  G+G  G+G

Verse:

    G+G       C majorC
Well I find myself in reverie
       G+G
'Bout what we might have had
          C majorC
And what might have been
G+G           C majorC
We had something going once
         D MajorD
That was such a long, long time ago
    G+G      C majorC
It was way back in '76
   G+G         C majorC
Our friendship formed of pure innocence
 G+G        C majorC
We first met in Mathew Street
         D MajorD
Where we heard something that would set us free
E minorEm         G+G
A augmentedA sign stands over a door, it says
D MajorD
"Four lads who shook the world"
A minorAm           C majorC
In the depths of those heady nights
E minorEm         C majorC
We would dream of those bright lights
D MajorD       D MajorD      D MajorD
Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend

Instrumental:

G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD G+G  C majorC C C majorC  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD G+G  C majorC C C majorC  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G D MajorD

G+G  C majorC   G+G  C majorC

Verse:

  G+G            C majorC
And my friend John, he went away
   G+G
He made some mistakes
        C majorC
Spent time in Walton jail
  G+G              C majorC
And now when I see him we still talk
        D MajorD
But there's no light shining in his eyes
   G+G        C majorC
And Susie, she was seventeen
     G+G
And more beauty in this world
 C majorC
I swear you'll never see
G+G
I was gonna be king
  C majorC
And she was gonna be queen
   E minorEm        D MajorD
But now all she does is hide behind the tears
 E minorEm        G+G
If there was more sense in this world
  D MajorD
And work wasn't so hard to find
 A minorAm       C majorC
You would not be going your way
E minorEm       C majorC
I would not be going mine
D MajorD      D MajorD        D MajorD
Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend

Chorus:

G+G   G/F#   C/EC/E  D MajorD     G+G
Somewhere tonight out on the street
G+G  G/F#   C/EC/E   D MajorD    E minor 7Em7
Somewhere beneath this city's heat
         C majorC     D MajorD    E minorEm
In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
D MajorD    D MajorD   D/ED/E  E minorEm
Life is cruel and so unkind
 C majorC      C majorC
Oh, Oh the SPIRIT OF '76

Instrumental:

G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD G+G  C majorC C C majorC  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G D MajorD

Verse:
  G+G         C majorC
And Pete has seen his dreams come true
        G+G
But that don't make him no hero
      C majorC
He's just one of the lucky few
    G+G               C majorC
If a man can't change the world these days
D MajorD
I still believe a man can change his own destiny
     G+G           C majorC
But the price is high that has got to be paid
   G+G               C majorC
For everyone who survives there are many who fail
      G+G              C majorC
I've seen my friends caught out in that crossfire
     E minorEm               D MajorD
All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre
 E minorEm    G+G    D MajorD
I will never give in until the day I die
 A minorAm      C majorC
Get myself some independence
E minorEm             C majorC
Carve out a future with my two bare hands
 D MajorD      D MajorD       D MajorD
Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend

Chorus:

G+G   G/F#   C/EC/E  D MajorD     G+G
Somewhere tonight out on the street
G+G  G/F#   C/EC/E   D MajorD    E minor 7Em7
Somewhere beneath this city's heat
         C majorC     D MajorD    E minorEm
In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
D MajorD    D MajorD   D/ED/E  E minorEm
Life is cruel and so unkind
 C majorC      C majorC
Oh, Oh the SPIRIT OF '76

Instrumental:
G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD G+G C majorC C C majorC  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD  E minorEm

Bridge:

E minorEm      C majorC           D MajorD            E minorEm
Mersey lights shine in the distance same as they did for us then
E minorEm         C majorC           D MajorD           E minorEm
Mersey lights shine bright in the distance where are you now my friend?
    G+G            C majorC        D MajorD
You see some nights when I can't sleep, I still think of you
A minorAm          A minorAm        G+G
Of all the promises, all the dreams we shared
A augmentedA           C majorC  G+G
I know those lights still call to you
         G+G  G/DG/D  C majorC         G+G  G/DG/D C majorC
I can hear them now,     I can hear them now
G+G  G/DG/D C majorC   G+G  G/DG/D C majorC   G+G   G/DG/D   C majorC
   (ohhhh Still shining for us) (Let em shine)
G+G  G/DG/D C majorC      G+G  G/DG/D C majorC
(Can you hear them) (Can you hear them)

Instrumental:
G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD G+G  C majorC C C majorC  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
G+G G MajorG G+G  D MajorD G+G  C majorC C C majorC  D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
G+G C majorC D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD

(Lights are still shining)

Chorus:

G+G   G/F#   C/EC/E  D MajorD     G+G
Somewhere tonight out on the street
G+G  G/F#   C/EC/E   D MajorD    E minor 7Em7
Somewhere beneath this city's heat
         C majorC     D MajorD    E minorEm
In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
D MajorD    D MajorD   D/ED/E  E minorEm
Life is cruel and so unkind
 C majorC             C majorC
Oh, Oh (where's it gone) the SPIRIT OF '76

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