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It was nothing like that in my day                    Here in my town
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We didn't get things all our way.                     Till we were full-grown
F#m              D
Now they go into pubs.
F#m              Em            D                   D              D               D
And you're gonna get mugged          In my town

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So you read about it every day                        In the headlines
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How they take and take and drive away.                Sex and late nights
F#m                D
And it's gotta be wrong.
F#                Em                     A
Because they're so young          They're only

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bits of kids           They're only
D                        G
bits of kids           It's always
Em           A            D             D             D                  D
bits of kids today

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She makes the breakfast, one of eight            All in one room
A                  G                D                          D
Each uncle's call keeps them up late.            Yes, in this town
F#m               D
And he won't go home
F#m                 Em                          A
'cause he'll just be alone                        till night time They're

D                      G
bits of kids           They're only
D                      G
bits of kids           It's always
Em             A           D             D             D                  D
bits of kids today

Em              A
Broken cities, 'n' broken homes.
D               G
Bits of kids who don't grow whole
Em              A
Broken cities, 'n' broken homes.
D               G                     D                D
Bits of kids who don't grow whole        in my town

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And it seems there’s nothing anyway                    not here in this town
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Everything is only yesterday                            and on the way down
F#m                D
And we’re gonna be wrong
F#                 Em              A
So we gotta be strong…………….in our own time we’re

D                     G
bits of kids           They're only
D                     G
bits of kids           It's always
Em             A           D             D             D                  D
bits of kids today

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Bits of kids we’re only [to end]