Ghafoors Bus chords by The Younguns

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Db

Verse 1:
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Well the mist was lifting from Rosbury Tops, and the moors were cold and green
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And the driver swore there’d be no stoppin as he made for the A nineteen
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And in the borough, lads and lasses were sleeping safe and still
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When Ghafoor Hussain hit the road, with a million mouths to fill

Chorus:
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It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans
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And a hand when you fall
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For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all

Verse 2:
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He couldn’t bear the lads and lasses’ faces, on the tv screens
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As they drowned and froze in hateful places with nothing but their dreams
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So he bought a bus, and he filled it up with beans and rice and tea
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And on a winter’s morn he he headed south and crossed over the sea

Chorus:
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It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans
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And a hand when you fall
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For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all

Verse 3:
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Now in Dunkirk we remember yet the soldiers on the sand
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Eight hundred ships we’ll not forget, that came to lend a hand
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But here comes one more vessel now, across the angry sea
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To serve three thoudand meals a day, and ten thousad cups of tea

Chorus:
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It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans
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And a hand when you fall
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For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all

Verse 4:
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Now some have stared into his face and wondered if he’s mad
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But he knows he’d be in their place, if it weren’t for the chance he had
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And the lads and lasses’ hopeful faces are what drives him on
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So here’s to Ghafoor and his Bus, and a better world to come

Chorus:
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It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans
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And a hand when you fall
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For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all

Verse 5:
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Well the mist was lifting from Rosbury Tops, and the moors were cold and green
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And the driver swore there’d be no stoppin as he made for the A nineteen
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And in the borough, lads and lasses were sleeping safe and still
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When Ghafoor Hussain hit the road, with a million mouths to fill

Chorus:
     Db        Ab        Fm       Bbm
It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans
      Gb              Ab
And a hand when you fall
              Db       Ab      Gb     Bbm          Gb      Ab     Db
For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all


Chorus:
     Db        Ab        Fm       Bbm
It’s beans and rice, and rice and beans
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And a hand when you fall
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For there’s a friendly face, a better place, and a future for us all

Outro:
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For there’s a friendly face, a better place,
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and a future for us all