Life In A Northern Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D]
[G][A][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]A Salva[A]tion
Army band played
And the children drank lemon[D]ade
[A]And the[G] morning lasted[Em] all[G] day
[D]All day

[Verse 2]
[D]And through an [A]open window came
Like Sinatra in a younger day
[G]Pushing [Em]the town [G]away
Ah
[A]

[Verse 3]
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
[A]Hey- [G]y- yah
Life in a northern town
Ah- hey- ma- [D]ma- ma- [A]ma

[Verse 4]
[A]They sat on [D]the stoney ground
And he took a cigarette out
And [G]everyone else came down
To listen
[A]

[Verse 5]
He said, "In [D]winter 1963
[A]It [D]fel[A]t l[D]ike the wo[A]rld would freeze[D][A]
With John F. [G]Kennedy
And The [A]Beatles"
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 6]
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
[A]Hey- [G]y- yah

[Verse 7]
Life in a northern town
[D]Hey- ma- ma- ma- [A]ma
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
Hey- [G]y- yah
All the work shut down
[D]

[Verse 8]
[D]The evening [A]turned to rain (The even
[D]ing tur[A]ned to rain)
Watched the water roll down the [D]drain[A]
As we followed him down

[Verse 9]
To the station
[A]
And though he never would wave good[D]bye
[A]You could see it written in his eyes
As [G]the train rolled out of sight
Bye- bye
[A][D]

[Verse 10]
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
[A]Hey- [G]y- yah
Life in a northern town

[Verse 11]
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma (Life in
a northern town)
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma (All the
work shut down)
[A]Hey- y- [G]yah
Life in a northern town

[Verse 12]
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma
(Where ya [A]goin' now?)
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
[G]Hey- y- yah
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma- ma
Take it easy on yourself

[Verse 13]
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
Hey- y- [A]yah
[G]

[Verse 14]
Ah- [D]hey- ma- ma- ma (Take it
[G]
[D]easy on yourself)
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
Dee- doo- [D]din- nie- ya- ya
Ah- hey- ma- ma- ma
Hey- y- yah