Life in a Northern Town [C]Dream Academy

Intro
C

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

Verse 2
They C sat on the stony ground., And he took a cigarette out.
And F everyone else came down to C listen.
C He said in Winter 1963, It felt like the world would freeze,
With F John F. Kennedy and the C Beatles.

Verse 3
The C evening had turned to rain., Watch the water roll down the drain.
As we F followed him down... to the C station.
C Although he never would waved goodbye, You could see it written in his eyes
As the F train rolled out of sight, C byyyyye byyye.

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