INTRO:
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F C G C
verse 1
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It was a Saturday morning bus to town
C G C G
For grandma, mother and me
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With a list of the shops we'd need to call at
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Before the cakes and tea
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There was the butcher, the baker, the bookshop too
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So many things for us to do
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Now with Oxfam and Heartbeat and Save The Children
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Who'll save the old town now?
verse 2
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The cinema stood on the railway's corner
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Courting couples would queue
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Now it's a big fat supermarket
G
You have to drive out to
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They've got the meat and the veg, the fruit and the flowers
C Dm G
They've killed the little shops with their hours
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And with Oxfam and Heartbeat and Save The Children
G C
Who'll save the old town now?
F C Dm
Who'll save the old town? Now it's a ghost town
G N.C.
Once it was my town, a warm as toast town
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But with charity shops and boarded windows
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It's not my old town now
verse 3
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Jimmy and Joe met John the poacher
C G C G
For beer at the old King's Head
C E7 Am F
Now it's been closed down and the new off-licence
C G
Has Australian lager instead
F G C G/B Am
So the charm of the old town starts to pall
F C Dm G
As everyone goes to the shopping mall
C E7 Am F C
And with Oxfam and Heartbeat and Save The Children
G C
Who'll save the old town now?
F C Dm
Who'll save the old town? Now it's a ghost town
G N.C.
Once it was my town, a warm as toast town
C E7 Am F C
But with charity shops and boarded windows
G C E7 Am F C G C
It's not my old town now
verse 4
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It was a Saturday morning bus to town
C G C G
For grandma, mother and me
C E7 Am F C
With a list of the shops we'd need to call at
G
Before the cakes and tea
F G C G/B Am F
There was the butcher, the baker, the bookshop too
C Dm G
So many things for us to do
C E7 Am F C
Now with Oxfam and Heartbeat and Save The Children
G C E7 Am F C G C
Who'll save the old town now
C E7 Am F C
With Oxfam and Heartbeat and Save The Children
G C
Who'll save the old town now