England

Intro D 



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It is opening day and a brand new start 
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The stones have been cleared around the fisherman's hut 
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And the air bites, then leaves almost invisible cuts on the skin 
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A lighthouse retired, but a new one was hired 
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About twenty foot taller painted in black and white 
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Twenty million steps with a computer inside instead of him 



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Only one road sign, telling cars to slow down 
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And a long drop in the ocean 
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Beware of the rip tide, broken glass and train lines 
       G            A               D 
It's a new day, and this is England 



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Next to the pub with the flag that's workin' flexible hours 
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There's a mismatch of carriages, soil in a boat for some flowers 
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Fairy lights on a building that's supplying us power from the sea 
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Electricity lines flow like veins to the town 
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In-between there is nothing but grass and pebbles on the ground 
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Do not enter the wild here if you want to be found for the free 



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View the flame of sunrise cut in half by the sky 
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And the empty of the desert 
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Team of birds that swerve by and then land on the wires 
       G            A               D 
It's a new day, and this is England 

 

          Em                      G 
When it's time to escape from the heavy of this 
         D                     A 
There is nothing like washing away 
            Em                       G 
I find this country of mine get some bad reputation 
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Of being cold and grey 
           Em                        G 
But on the coast of the south to the east followed round 
         D                 A 
I find serenity I've never felt 
          Em                        G 
There's a peace and a quiet in this island of ours 
              D                    A 
That can't be mirrored by anywhere else 



         D                              G    A 
Homes protruding from stones with their wood-coloured black 
          D               G       G 
Scattered cars in a line, steam risin' out the shack 
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One door at the front and then just glass at the back for the view 



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And the blue is so bright, you'll need shades for your eyes 
        G     A            D 
And the cable to pull over 
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Take a walk and feel like, everything will be fine 
       G           A              D 
It's a new day, and this is England