Tom: G
Introdução:
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Verse
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Steve is from Basildon, he's a hospital porter
G
His shift starts in the middle of the night
D
He rides in to work on a motorbike
G C
He doesn't talk much to the patients
G D
But he gets them where they need to go
G C
He gets on with all of his collegues though
D
Like that surgeon in the templar ward
G
Who always says hello
G
That surgeon is called Dan
C
He grew up in Gloucester
G
Ever since he was young, just wanted to help everyone
D
He was destined to be a doctor
G C
He met his girlfriend Rena here at work
G D
She's a physio
G C
And she was born in Egypt
G D
In a small town south of Cairo
C D
She came to England as a teen with a busted knee
C D
And when they fixed her up for free
C D
She knew exactly what she wanted to be
C D
So she learnt the language and the bones and the muscles
C D
And studied really hard for the qualifications
C D G
And not long ago got her first placement here at Homerton Hospital
C
She eats her lunch with Jill from reception
G
Jill comes from Swindon, via Jamaica
D
She's a Rastafarian
G C
She works the desk at A&E
G D
And you won't believe the things that she's seen
C D G
Or the respect that she has for her team
C D
There's a paramedic from Portugal
C D
A pharmacist from Senegal
C D
A security guard from the Isle of Man
C D G
And a pediatritican from Pakistan
C G
Faces from different places, religions and races
D G
All working together under one roof
C G
So many walks of life and background stories
D G
All coming together for the sick and the poorly
C G
Someone's operating and someone's giving birth
D G
Someone's holding someone else's hand when they pass
C G
They'll stitch you back together and they'll heal the wounds
D
It won't cost you anything at all
C D G
Here at Homerton Hospital
Verse
C
There's an orthadox Jew with Australian flu
G D
Getting his blood pressure checked by a girl from Bangladesh
G C
There's a kid from the estate, got himself in to a state
G D
And now a Polish nurse put his arm in to a cast
G C
And poor uncle Terry slipped in to a coma
G D
Now he's being looked after by Nula from Rowanda
G C
And everyone makes jokes about the hospital food
G D
But to tell you the truth, it's actually pretty good
G C
And that's down to the chef who comes from Marrakech
G D
Makes a killer sherpard's pie and feeds hundereds of patients
G
Every single night
C G
Faces from different places, religions and races
D G
All working together under one roof
C G
So many walks of life and background stories
D G
All coming together for the sick and the poorly
C G
Someone's operating and someone's giving birth
D G
Someone's holding someone else's hand when they pass
C G
They'll stitch you back together and they'll heal the wounds
D
It won't cost you anything at all
C D G
Here at Homerton Hospital
Outro
C G D G
So if you wonder how the world might work while being multicultural
C D G
Come and pay a visit to Homerton Hospital