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Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy
Intro: 
C

Verse1:
C
 A salvation army band played...And the children drank lemon-ade.
        F                         
And the  morning lasted all day,
    C
All  day.
       C
And through an open window came,Like Sinatra in a younger day.
F
 Pushing the town  a-way
C
 On

|Chorus: 
|C
| Ah heya ma ma ma weeoop anday oo
|C                          F
| Heyoo ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ah
|                   C
|Life in a northern  town
|C
| Hey ma, ma ma ma
 
Verse 2:
     C
They  sat on the stony ground., And he took a cigarette out.
    F                           C
And  everyone else came down to  listen.
C
 He said in Winter 1963, It felt like the world would freeze,
     F                        C
With  John F. Kennedy and the  Beatles.

|Chorus: 
|C
| Ah hey ma ma ma ma, dee yoop an dayoo
|C                        F
| Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ah
|                   C
|Life in a northern  town
|C
| Ah hey ma ma ma ma, dee yoop an dayoo
|C                        F
| Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
|F                     C
| All of the work shut  down.
 
Verse 3:
    C
The  evening had turned to rain., Watch the water roll down the drain.
      F                            C
As we  followed him down... to the  station.
C
 Although he never would waved goodbye, You could see it written in his eyes
       F                           C
As the  train rolled out of sight,  byyyyye byyye.
 
|Chorus: 
|C
| Ah hey ma ma ma ma, dee yoop an dayoo
|C                        F
| Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ah
|                   C
|Life in a northern  town

Acapella:
[NC] Ah hey ma ma ma ma, dee yoop an dayoo
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
Life in a northern town

Outro:
[C - Double Strum]

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