Northern Industrial Town

Written by: Billy Bragg
From: “William Bloke” (1996)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

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Verse 1

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It's just a northern industrial town
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The front doors of the houses open into the street
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There's no room for front gardens, just a two-up, two-down
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In a northern industrial town

Verse 2

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And you can see the green hills 'cross the rooftops
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And a fresher wind blows past the end of our block
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In the evenings the mist comes rolling on down
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Into a northern industrial town

Verse 3

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And there's only two teams in this town
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And you must follow one or the other
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Let us win, let them lose, not the other way round
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In a northern industrial town

Verse 4

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And the streetlights look pretty and bright
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From the tops of the hills that rise dark in the night
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If it weren't for the rain, you might never come down
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To your northern industrial town

Verse 5

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And on payday they tear the place down
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With a pint in your hand and a bash 'em out band
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Sure they'd dance to the rhythm of the rain falling down
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In a northern industrial town

Verse 6

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And there's plenty of artists around
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Painters, steal cars, poets, nicked guitars
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'Cause we're out of the black and we're into the red
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So give us this day our daily bread
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In a northern industrial town

Verse 7

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But it's not Leeds or Manchester
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Liverpool, Sheffield nor Glasgow
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It's not Newcastle-on-Tyne ... it's Belfast
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It's just a northern industrial town

Coda

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Merry Christmas, war is over
     G          A        D
In a northern industrial town