Rusholme Ruffians

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[Verse 1]
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The last night of the fair
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by the big wheel  generator
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a boy is stabbed and his money is grabbed and the air hangs heavy like a
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dulling wine
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She is famous she is funny  and engagement ring doesn't mean anything
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to a mind consumed by brass and money

[Chorus]
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And though I walk home alone
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and I walk home alone
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but my faith in love is still devout…

[Verse 2]
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The last night of the fair
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from a seat on a whirling waltzer
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her skirt ascends for a watching eye
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it's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
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from a seat on a whirling waltzer
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her skirt ascends for a watching eye
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it's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)

[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone
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and I walk home alone
       A                G#     G      D Bm D Bm D Bm
but my faith in love is still devout…

[Verse 3]
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then someone falls in love
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and someone's beaten up
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someone's beaten up
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and the senses being dulled are mine
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then someone falls in love
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and someone's beaten up
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and the senses being dulled are mine


[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone
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and I walk home alone
       A                G#     G      D Bm D Bm D
but my faith in love is still devout…

[Verse 4]
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this is the last night of the fair
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and the grease in the hair
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of a speedway operator
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is all a tremulous heart requires
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a schoolgirl is denied
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she said: "How quickly would I die
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if I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"
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nanananana
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this is the last night of the fair
Bm                    D
and the grease in the hair
          Bm     D     Bm
of a speedway operator
   A               G#    G        D
is all a tremulous heart requires
  Bm              D
a schoolgirl is denied
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she said: "How quickly would I die
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if I jumped from the top of the parachutes?"
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nanananana

[Bridge]
G          D            Bm         D         Bm
scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen
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(this means you really love me)
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scratch my name on your arm with a fountain pen
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(this means you really love me)

[Chorus]
A          G#     G     D
And though I walk home alone
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I just might walk home alone
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but my faith in love is still devout…
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I might walk home alone
       A                G#     G      D
but my faith in love is still devout…
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I might walk home alone
       A                G#     G      D
but my faith in love is still devout…
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nanananana