Chords:
{t: King of Rome }
{key: C}
{artist:Bill Whiston}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97SXJR8cVo
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[C] In the West End of Derby lives a working man [F]
He says "[C] I can't fly but me [F] pigeons can
And [C] when I set them free [F] [C] it's just like part of [F] me
Gets [C] lifted up on [G] shining [C] wings"
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[C] Charlie Edson's pigeon loft was down the yard [F]
Of a [C] rented house in Brook Street where [F] life was hard
But [C] Charlie had a [F] dream, and in [C] nineteen thir[F]teen
[C] Charlie bred a pigeon that [G] made his dream come [C] true
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[C] There was gonna be a champions' race from Italy
"Look at the [C] maps, all that [F] land and sea
[C] Charlie, you'll lose that [F] bird"
But [C] Charlie never [F] heard
He [C] put it in a basket and sent it [F] off to [C] Rome
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[C] On the day o' the big race a storm blew in [F]
A thousand [C] birds were swept away and [F] never seen again
[C] "Charlie we told you [F] so, [C] surely by now you [F] know
When you're [C] living in the West End there ain't many [G] dreams come [C] true"
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[C] "Yeah, I know, but I had to try [F]
A man can [C] crawl around or he can [F] learn to fly
And [C] if you live 'round [F] here, the [C] ground seems awful [F] near
Some[C]times I need a [G] lift from victo[C]ry"
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[C] I was off with me mates for a pint or two [F]
When I saw a [C] wing flash up [F] in the blue
[C] "Charlie, it's the King of [F] Rome, come [C] back to his West End [F] home
[C] Come outside quick, he's perched up [G] on your [C] roof"
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[C] "Come on down, your majesty, I knew you'd make it [F] back to me,.
[C] Come on down, you lovely one, you made me [G] dreams come [C] true"
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[C] In the West End of Derby lives a working man [F]
He says "[C] I can't fly but me [F] pigeons can
And [C] when I set them free [F] [C] it's just like part of [F] me
Gets [C] lifted up on [G] shining [C] wings"
