Give A Damn

	  		
 


Intro: Dm  F  C    Am  F  Dm 

verse 1 

                    C 
When I was young, I joined the march  
    Am                 Dm 
And sang 'The Long Way Down' 
                     F 
There's photos of me carrying  
   C           Dm 
My banner into town  
                    F 
And though it was a lonely path  
    C              Am 
The bomb we had to ban  
  Dm             C 
I had a dream, I wanted one  
  Am                Dm   C 
I didn't give a damn  

verse 2 
 
  Dm                 C 
I met the girl who's with me still  
    Am          Dm 
One festival in spring  
                      F 
We loved the tunes we loved the words  
   C                  Dm 
We loved to stand and sing  
                    F 
We followed Bob, we followed Paul  
   C               Am 
We followed with a pram  
    Dm                C 
The times they were a-changin?  
   Am                 Dm    C   Am   Dm 
And we didn't give a damn  

verse 3 

                      C 
Then somewhere in the Seventies  
    Am                  Dm 
The time just passed us by  
                   F 
We voted left, but shifted right  
    C                Dm 
And Bob found god on high  
                     F 
The mortgage and the office and 
    C                 Am 
The rush hour traffic jam  
   Dm                 C 
We chased that golden promise 
       Am                Dm   C 
And we didn't give a damn  
 
verse 4 
 
    Dm                  C 
The Eighties, god bless Maggie  
          Am                 Dm 
Well, the Eighties they were fine  
                 F 
We re-discovered Paul  
             C                Dm 
And saw the unions brought in line  
                    F 
The British won the Falklands war  
    C            Am 
Who needed Uncle Sam?  
   Dm                  C 
We waved our flags and cheered our lads  
    Am                Dm   C   Am   Dm 
And didn't give a damn  

Verse 5
                   C 
I'm sixty now, and so's the wife  
    Am              Dm 
Our soldier son was free 
                   F 
He did his bit, he did us proud 
   C                    Dm 
We watched him march in line 
                   F 
We saw him get his medal 
        C                Am 
Saw him smile at his old man 
   Dm               C 
we were so proud he was our son  
   Am              Dm   C 
We didn't give a damn  
 
VERSE 6 
 
     Dm               C 
Then came that bloody murderer 
    Am                Dm 
The fool they call Hussein  
                       F 
To think that he would call our bluff  
    C               Dm 
The man was quite insane  
                     F 
And our lad, he went after him  
   C         Am 
We got a telegram 
Dm                  C 
Friendly fire, they said it was 
    Am                Dm   C 
And now who gives a damn?  
 
VERSE 7 

                    C 
When I was young, I joined the march  
    Am                 Dm 
And sang 'The Long Way Down' 
                     F 
There's photos of me carrying  
   C           Dm 
My banner into town  
                        F 
But somewhere down that lonely path  
     C             Am 
From then, to who I am  
  Dm               C 
I lost my dream, I lost my son  
    Am               Dm   C 
Too late to give a damn 

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