[ Spirit Of '76 von Alarm ]



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Well I find myself in reverie,
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'Bout what we might have had and what might have been.
 G                     C
We had something going once,
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That was such a long long time ago.
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It was way back in seventy-six, a friendship formed of pure innocence,
 G                      C
We first met in Matthew street,
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Where we heard something that would set us free.
 Em           G                                               D
A sign stands over the door and says "Four lads who shook the world".
 Am                    C            Em                 C
In the depth of those heady nights, we would dream of those bright lights
 Am
Oh, my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend,


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


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Somewhere tonight out on the street
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Somewhere beneath this city's heat
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In the eyes of strangers who pass me by
 G                      D
Well life is cruel and so unkind
 C
Oh, the spirit of '76.


 Am     G                 C
And Pete has seen his dreams come true,
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But that don't make him no hero, he's just one of the lucky few
 G                     C
If a man can't change the world these days,
                 G              D
I still believe a man can change his own destiny
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But the price is high that has got to be paid for everyone who survives there are many who fail
 G                      C
I've seen my friends caught out in that cross fire
               G                           D
All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre.
 Em           G                          D
I will never give in until the day that I die
 Am                    C            Em                 C
I get myself some indepence, carve out a future with my two bare hands
 Am
Oh my friend, oh my friend, oh my friend


**Chorus


 Em            C                      D                       Em
Mercey lights shine in the distance, same as they did for us then,
 G                   C                       D                     Em
Mercey lights shine bright in the distance, where are you now my friend?
          G                        C              D
You see, some nights when I can't sleep, I still think of you
    Am                                 G
Of all the promises, all the dreams we shared
 A                         G            C               G
I know those lights still call to you, I can hear them now,


**Chorus