Key: A
Introduction:
A G D C D
Bells are chiming for victory
D C G
There's a page back in history
A G A G
Forty five
A G D C D
They came back to the world that they fought for
D C G
Didn't turn out just like they thought
A G A
Forty five
D E D E
Here is a song to sing to do the measuring
D/A E/B
What you lose, what you gain, what you win?
A G D C D
Nine years later a child is born
D C G
There's a record, so you put it on
A G A
Forty five
A G D C D
Nine years more, if we're lucky now
D C G
Nine year old puts his money down
A G A
Forty five
A G D C D
Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat
D C G
Every breath that I held for you
A G A
Forty five
A G D C D
There's a stack of shellac and vinyl
D C G
Which is yours now and which is mine?
A G A
Forty five
D E D E
Here is a song to sing to do the measuring
D E
What you lose, what you gain, what you win?
A G D C D
Bass and treble heal every hurt
D C G
There's a rebel in a nylon shirt
A G D
But the words are a mystery, I've heard
F#m Bm
'Til you turn it down to thirty three and a third
A G D C D
'Cause it helps with the elocution
D C G
Corporations turn revolutions
A G A
Forty five
D E
So don't you weep and shed
D E
Just change your name instead
D E
What you lose when it all goes to your head?
A G D C D
I heard something peculiar said
D C G
"Perhaps he's got a shot and now he's dead"
A G A
Forty five
A G D C D
Bells are chiming and tears are falling
D C G
It creeps up on you without a warning
A G A
Forty five
A G D C D
Every scratch, every click, every heartbeat
D C G
Every breath that I bless I'd be lost, I confess
A G A G A G A G
Forty five, forty-five,
A G A G A G A G
Forty five, forty-five, yeah
A G A G
Ooo ooo ooo ooo oo-oo ooo ooo
A G A G
Ooo ooo ooo ooo oo-oo ooo ooo
A G A G
Ooo ooo ooo ooo oo-oo ooo ooo