Tonalité : F# minor
Verse 1
Em
B5
G
A
Em
Am
G
F#m
D
Em
B5
G
Em
Am
G
F#m
D
Em
D
Em
red letter day for our nowhere industrial town
D
A minister's heading this way
Em
- he's closing us down
G
But what of my daughter
- and what of my son
Am
Just how will they live when the
factory's gone?
Em
Verse 2
B
Election day promises now
null and void
G
They'll never rest 'til we're
A
Am
all unemployed
Em
B5
UB40's a book that you'll find very
B
G
Am
A
Em
hard to put down
A
The dormant machinery screams
G
Em
- taunting the skies
Am
A
Ghosts of the Halcyon dream
Am
Em
sustaining our lives
G
No job for my daughter
- no job for my son
Am
How can I forgive them for what they have
A
done?
Em
E
Em
G
Verse 3
Em
A
Am
C
New statesmen composing the lies
Em
E
Em
for tomorrow's front page
Am
C
What pays for the blunders they make
B
B5
A
- it's the working mans wage.
Verse 4
Em
Election day promises
B
now null and void
G
They'll never rest 'til we're
Am
all unemployed
Em
B5
UB40's a book that you'll find
G
very hard to put down
Am
A
Em
They've issued us all
B
with free rose tinted glasses
G
Job training schemes - leisure
A
management classes
Em
B
G
A
Em
No news is good when you live on the wrong side of town.
Interlude 1
B5
C
Am
Em
B5
C
D
Em
G
Am
G
F#m
Em
B5
C
G
Verse 5
Am
C
The nadir of despair we have sunk
Em
A
Em
to is easy to gauge
Am
A
Our children grow thinner and
C
B
ever more bitter with age.
B5
Em
From Newcastle's shipyards
B
to Nottingham's pits
G
They strip down our country
A
and sell it in bits
Em
B5
Election day promises seemingly
G
Am
now null and void
A
Em
While microchip minds
B5
B
keep the industry grinding
G
We all hunt for jobs that we've
A
no chance of finding
Em
B5
No change in the everyday lives of the
G
Am
A
Em
mass unemployed.
Verse 6
D
A red letter day for our
Em
nowhere industrial town
D
A minister's heading this way
Em
- he's closing us down
G
But what of my daughter
- and what of my son
Am
A
Just how will they live when the factory's gone?
Em
Interlude 2
Am
C
Em
A
Am
C
B5
B
B5
Verse 7
Em
Election day promises
B
B5
now null and void
G
They'll never rest 'til we're
A
Am
all unemployed
Em
UB40's a book that you'll
B
G
find very hard to put down
A
E
They've issued us all with free
B
rose tinted glasses
G
Job training schemes - leisure
A
management classes
Em
E
B
B5
G
A
No news is good when you live on the wrong side of town.
Outro 1
Em
E
Em
E
E
Em
E
Em
E
D
Em
E
Em
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