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PROLOGUE TO HISTORY

Bm
Were we the Kinnock factor
G
Am I talking private sector
D
Do I think I'm Shaun William Ryder
F#
Or my former friend whose now undercover
G7
He's gone and I'm no deserter
D                          F#
Perhaps I'm hard all the same

G                   D                                   G    
        Today a poet who can't play guitar
G                                 D
        Tomorrow Steve Ovett injured his calf
D     Bm
        Next year the world's greatest politician
        Em
        Yesterday the boy who once had ha mission

A
I don't want to be…
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history

Bm
So I water my plants with Evian
G
A brand new Dyson that is decadent
D
Read my papers and the business section
F#
Checkout the tessas and the pensions
G7
Call my friends and they're alright
D                        F#
So I pray for the safety of the night 
G                   D                                   G    
        Today a poet who can't play guitar
G                                 D
        Tomorrow Steve Ovett injured his calf
D     Bm
        Next year the world's greatest politician
        Em
        Yesterday the boy who once had ha mission

A
I don't want to be…
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history
Bm
Remember ethnic cleansing in the highlands
G
No-one says a thing in the middle of en-ger-land
D
I'm bruised fruit but still taste so nice
F#
But if you look at me you better look twice
G7
I'm talking rubbish to cover up the cracks
D                         F#
An empty vessel who can't make contact

G                   D                                   G    
        Today a poet who can't play guitar
G                                 D
Tomorrow Phil Bennet's playing outside half
D     Bm
        Next year the world's greatest politician
        Em
        Yesterday the boy who once had ha mission

A
I don't want to be…
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history
Emaj7                      D
A prologue to history
Emaj7                      
A prologue…