The Isles chords by Little Comets

Chords with lyrics

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Key of E MajorE
Ear-transcribed on ukulele by Neil Killer.
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Alternately, you can change every second C# minorC#m chord to an F#m, as in
C# minorC#m - BB - F# minorF#m - B. The (E-B) accent is played after every BB chord, but I have
marked it where it is most strongly heard.
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INTRO:
C# minorC#m - BB - C# minorC#m - BB

VERSE 1:
C# minorC#m                 BB (E-B)
Economic downturn you can get a job
C# minorC#m                 BB
Apologetic parents you can get a job
       C# minorC#m              BB     (E-B)
Sometimes I'm feeling just like Cupid with a bow and arrow
    C# minorC#m            BB
And I'm firing it at people who remain too shallow

CHORUS:
    C# minorC#m            BB
In the BB R I T I say British Isles
  C# minorC#m          BB
The streets are bleak, the kids are running wild

VERSE 2:
C# minorC#m                     BB (E-B)
Terror on the pavement, panic in the street
C# minorC#m                     BB
Tension in the twisted silence of our sheets
      C# minorC#m             BB
Sometimes I lie awake for hours, feeling so synthetic
     C# minorC#m                 BB
While my eyes are screaming out for something way more epic

CHORUS:
     C# minorC#m            BB
It's the BB R I T I say British Isles
  C# minorC#m          BB
The streets are bleak, the kids are running wild
C# minorC#m
Terribly bold they try so hard
BB
Never look up to see the stars
    C# minorC#m           BB
In the BB R I T I say British Isles

BRIDGE:
C# minorC#m
Leeds screaming, Bristol torn
BB
Belfast and Hull forlorn
C# minorC#m
Oxford dreaming in denial
BB
With all it's gleaming spires
C# minorC#m
Stoke bleeding, Glasgow yawns
BB
Dundee and Cardiff mourn
C# minorC#m
York breaking, Sheffield cries
BB
All fears are multiplied

CHORUS:
    C# minorC#m            BB
In the BB R I T I say British Isles
  C# minorC#m          BB
The streets are bleak, the kids are running wild
C# minorC#m
Terribly bold they try so hard
BB
Never look up to see the stars
    C# minorC#m           BB
In the BB R I T I say British Isles

OUTRO: