A                                      A7*   A                          A7*
    Kids are spitting on the Town Hall steps and frightening old ladies
A                              A7* A                A7*
I dreamt that I was living back    in the mid 1980s
A
People marching, people shouting, people wearing pastel leather
                                    A7* A
The future's ours for the taking now,   if we just stick together

[Bridge]

N.C.
And I said:
 A
"Hey, lay your burden down
A
Seems the last day of the miners' strike
A
Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"

[Verse 1]

        A                         A/E* A                          A/E*
Well my body sank below the ground,    it became as black as night
A                                   A/E* A                              A/E*
Overhead the sound of horses' hooves,    people fighting for their lives
A                        A/E* A                                A/E*
Some joker in a headband      was still getting chicks for free
A                                      A/E* A                      A/E*
And Big Brother was still watching you,     back in the days of '83

[Bridge]

A         A/E*
And I said:
 A             A/E*   A     A/E*
"Hey, lay your burden down
A                                        A/E*
Seems the last day of the miners' strike
A                           A/E* A         A/E* A     A/E* A     A/E* A     A/E*
Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"

[Verse 2]

A5
Well by 1985 I was as cold as cold could be
A5
But no-one was underground to dig me out and set me free
A5
'87 socialism gave way to socialising
A5                                         A                      A/E*
So put your hands up in the air once more, the north is rising...

[Bridge]

A         A/E*
And I said:

 A             A/E*   A     A/E*
"Hey, lay your burden down
A                                        A/E*
Seems the last day of the miners' strike
A                           A/E* A         A/E*
Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"

[Pre-chorus]

A     A/E* A      A/E*
Oh,sing Hallelujah,
A      A/E* A       A/E* A
Ah, sing Hallelujah
   A/E* A                    A/E*
Don't let them fool you again,
A      A/E* A        A/E* A     A/E*
Ah, sing Hallelujah ahahahaaah!

[Interlude]

A    A/E* A    A/E* A    A/E* A    A/E*

[Chorus]

A                        A/E* A                       A/E*
By now I'm sick an tired of   just living in this hole
A                            A/E* A
So I took the ancient tablets,    blew off the dust
                    A/E*
Swallowed them whole
A                              A/E*
Oh, come on, let's get together
A                            A/E*
Oh, come on, the past is gone
A                              A/E*
Well the very first Commandment:
A
Come on
      A/E* A              A/E* A
Come on, let's get it on
      A/E* A              A/E* A
Come on, let's get it on
           A/E* A
Get it on
           A/E* A
Get it on
           A/E* A
Get it on
           A/E* A    A/E* A
Get it on
           A/E* A
Get it on

[Interlude]

A    A/E* A    A/E* A    A/E* A    A/E*
A    A/E* A    A/E* A    A/E* A    A/E*

[Bridge]

 A             A/E*   A     A/E*
"Hey, lay your burden down
A                                        A/E*
Seems the last day of the miners' strike
A                           A/E* A         A/E*
Was the Magna Carta in this part of town"