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(G)In
my (D7)Liverpool (G)Home, (C)in my Liverpool (G)Home
We
(C)speak with an accent ex(G)ceedingly rare,
Meet
(C)under a statue ex(G)ceedingly bare,
And
if you (C)want a Cathedral, we've (G)got one to spare
In
(D)my (D7)Liverpool (G)Home.....
I was (G)born in Liverpool, (D)down by the
docks
Me (D7)Religion was catholic, occu(G)pation
Hard-Knocks
At stealing from lorries (C)I was adept,
And (D)under old (D7)overcoats (G)each night
I slept
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Way (G)back in the forties the (D)world it
went mad
Mister (D7)Hitler threw at us every(G)thing
that he had
When the smoke and dust had all (C)cleared
from the air
"Thank (D)God" said the ald (D7)fella, "The
(G)Pier Head's still there"
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When (G)I grew up I met (D)Bridget McGann
she (D7)said "Your not much but I'm (G)needin
a man"
"Well a want sixteen kids and an (C)'ouse
out in Speke"
Well the (D)spirit was (D7)willing but the
(G)flesh it was weak
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There's a (G)place in dis city were the (D)nits
de wear clogs
They've (D7)six millon kids and (G)ten million
dogs
De play tick with hatchets and I'll (C)tell
you no lie
A (D)man's a (D7)coward if he has (G)more
than one eye.
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The (G)Green and the Orange have (D)battled
for years
They've (D7)given us some laughs and they've
(G)given us some tears
But Scousers don't want a (C)heavenly reward
They (D)just want the (D7)Green Card to (G)get
into Fords
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The (G)Dockers Umbrella has (D)bitten the
dust
You might (D7)buy a Meccanno, no (G)charge
for the rust
Scottie Road is a legend now (C)past away
But you can (D)go down to (D7)Yateses and (G)drink all the day
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