LITTLE BOY SOLDIERS - The Jam
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CHORDS USED:
E - X79997
D#m - X68876
C#m - X46654
B - X24442
C - X32010
D - XX0232
E - 022100
G - 320003
Em - 022000
Am - X02210
A - X02220
INTRO:
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It's funny how you never knew what my name was
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Our only contact was a form for the election
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These days I find that I don't listen,
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These days I find that we're out of touch,
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These days I find that I'm too busy,
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So why the attention now you want my assistance -
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What have you done for me?
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You've gone and got yourself in trouble,
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Now you want me to help you out.
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These days I find that I can't be bothered,
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These days I find that it's all too much,
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To pick up a gun and shoot a stranger,
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But I've got no choice so here I come
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war games.
[Rick Buckler's Drum Solo]
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I'm up on the hills, playing little boy soldiers,
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Reconnaissance duty up at 5:30.
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Shoot shoot shoot and kill the natives,
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You're one of us and we love you for that.
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Think of honour, Queen and country,
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You're a blessed son of the British Empire,
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God's on our side and so is Washington.
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Come out on the hills with the little boy soldiers,
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I'm up on the hills, playing little boy soldiers,
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Come out on the hills, playing little boy soldiers.
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Come on outside - I'll sing you a lullaby,
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Or tell a tale of how goodness prevailed.
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We ruled the world - we killed and robbed,
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The fucking lot - but we don't feel bad.
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It was done beneath the flag of democracy,
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You'll believe and I do - yes I do - yes I do -
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yes I do - yes I do - yes I do-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-o
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These days I find that I can't be bothered,
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To argue with them well what's the point,
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Better to take your shots and drop down dead,
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then they send you home in a pine overcoat
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With a letter to your mum
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Saying find enclosed one son - one medal and a note -
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to say he won.
