The Next Day ukulele

The Next Day

• G7

Intro: G7 A7 G7 A7 

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"Look into my eyes" he tells her 
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"I'm gonna say goodbye" he says yeah 
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"Do not cry" she begs of him goodbye yeah 
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All that day she thinks of his love yeah 

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They whip him through the streets and alleys there 
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The gormless and the baying crowd right there 
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They can't get enough of that doomsday song 
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They can't get enough of it all 

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Listen 

G7                                  C7 
"Listen to the whores" he tells her 
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He fashions paper sculptures of them 
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Then drags them to the rivers bank in the cart 
G7                            A7 
Their soggy paper bodies wash ashore in the dark 
        G7                       A7 
And the priest stiff in hate now demanding fun begin 
             Bm7                    C#7 
Of his women dressed as men for the pleasure of that priest 

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Here I am 
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Not quite dying 
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My body left to rot in a hollow tree 
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Its branches throwing shadows 
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On the gallows for me 
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And the next day 
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And the next 
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And another day 

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Ignoring the pain of their particular diseases 
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They chase him through the alleys chase him down the steps 
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They haul him through the mud and they chant for his death 
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And drag him to the feet of the purple headed priest 


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First they give you everything that you want 
G7                                           C7  
Then they take back everything that you have 
G7                                 A7 
They live upon their feet and they die upon their knees 
G7                                  A7 
They can work with satan while they dress like the saints 
G7                           A7 
They know god exists for the devil told them so 
     Bm7                                C#7 
They scream my name aloud down into the well below 

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Here I am 
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Not quite dying 
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My body left to rot in a hollow tree 
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Its branches throwing shadows 
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On the gallows for me 
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And the next day 
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And the next 
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And another day  

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