Forty Years chords by Joe Jackson

Verse 1:
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Here in Berlin - people line up to get in
  E      B  E     C    G  C G
To wait for the end - living in glorious sin
 E       B   E         C      G   C G
They've looked around - and now there is no looking back
    E      B  E       C       G    C  G
To when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black
 E     B   E         C    G    C G
Shadows are cast as two giants roam over the earth
 E     B    E        C      G  C G
We light a match - but what is that little flame worth


Chorus 1:
 A  F#m  D     E
Once allies danced and sang
      A B C  D E
But it was forty years ago

E B E C G C  G


Verse 2:
E    B  E          C   G   C  G
Here in D.C. - they talk about 'Euro-disease'
 E      B   E       C      G   C  G
And how the French are always so damn hard to please
 E      B  E        C     G   C G
Motions are passed in Brussels but no one agrees
 E        B  E         C      G   C G
And no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their knees


Chorus 2:
A   F#m   D     E
Once allies laughed and drank
      A B C   D E
But it was forty years ago

E B E C G C G


Verse 3:
E       B
Where I come from
E        C     G  C G
They don't like Americans much
E           B  E          C     G  C  G
They think they're so loud, so tasteless, and so out of touch
E      B  E        C     G   C G
Stiff upper lips are curled into permanent sneers
E     B
Self-satisfied
E       C     G  C  G
Awaiting the next forty years


Chorus 3:
A   F#m   D    E
Once allies cried and cheered
      A B  C  D E
But it was forty years ago


Instrumental Outro:
E B E C G C G repeat anb fade: