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Yesterday's Men Chords

Music by: Madness, Madness
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[Intro 1]
[A][G][D]
[A][G][D][G][D]
[A]

[Verse 1]
An insolent [A]speck
of [G]youth
Being taken for a [D]walk
So tightly by the [Esus4]ear[D]
That he can hardly [Esus4]talk

[Verse 2]
[A]Yesterday's men hang to [F#m]today[G]
To sing in the old- fashioned [D]way
It must get better in the [G]long [D]run

[Verse 3]
Has to get better in the long run
[A]A metropolitan mar[F#m]athon[G]
[D]Has been held [G]today[D]
But who you need to catch

[Verse 4]
Will be coming the other way
[A]Yesterday's men hang to [G]today
To sing in any old way
[D]It must get better in the long run

[Verse 5]
Has to get better in the long run
[Bm]Because when you're told to star[A]t
How far can you [G]go
When your race is [Em]won[F#m]
And you [F#]already know
[Bm]Because when you're told to stop[A]
How far will you [G]go
When your race is [Em]run[F#m]
And you [F#]already know

[Verse 6]
[A]Yesterday's men hang to [F#m]today,[G]
To sing in any old way,
[D]It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the long [A]run[G]
[D]Will it get better in the long run[A][D]
Will we be here in the long run
[A]

[Interlude 1]
[G][Em][D]

[Verse 7]
[A]Yesterday's men hang to [G]today,
To sing in any old [D]way,
It must get better in the long run
Has to get better in the [G]long [D]run
Will it get better in the long run

[Interlude 2]
Will we be here in the long run
[D][G][D]

[Verse 8]
[D]Do, do, [G]do, hang [D]on in the

[Outro 1]
long run
[D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D]
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