45 Chords

[Verse]
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
 
[Chorus]
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?
 
[Verse]
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
 
[Verse]
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
 
[Chorus]
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?
 
[Verse]
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
 
[Bridge]
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
 
[Chorus]
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?
 
[Verse]
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
 
[Outtro]
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
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