C F C


[Verse 1]
 C
A salvation army band played

And the children drank lemonade
                   Dm                C
And the morning lasted all day, all day

And through an open window came

Like Sinatra in a younger day
    Dm             F     G7
Pushing the town away, away


[Chorus]
 C
Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                             F
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                     C
Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma


[Verse 2]
  C
They sat on the stony ground

And he took a cigarette out
                         Dm       C
And everyone else came down to listen

It was the winter 1963

It felt like the world would freeze
               Dm     F         G7
With john f. Kennedy and the beatles, yeah, yeah


[Chorus]
 C
Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                             F
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                     C
Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

 C
Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                             F
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                      C
They shut the factory down

Ah hey ma ma ma ma


[Verse 3]
 C
The evening had turned to rain

Watched the water roll down the drain
                    Dm                 C
As they followed him down... To the station

And he would never wave goodbye

You could see it written in his eyes
                     Dm       F        G7
As the train pulled out of sight, Bye bye


[Outro]
 C
Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                              F
Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                     C
Life in a northern town

Ah-hey ma ma ma, take it easy on yourself

Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                             F
Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                    C
Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

(strum once or use palm as drum)

Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                             F
Heya ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                    C
Life in a northern town

Ah hey ma ma ma ma

(fully a capella)

Ah-heya ma ma ma, into the night-ahh
                             F
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay, ah
                    C
Life in a northern town