Chords:
{t: Room In The Sky }
{key: C}
{artist:The Houghton Weavers}
The Houghton Weavers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FJBqSew8pg in E - Capo 4
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[C] It's nigh on fifty years since I [Dm] moved into this street
And [G] there's no kinder people you could [C] ever hope to meet
But I've had a note from council, a [Dm] young chap brought it ‘round
He [G] said that very soon they're going to knock our houses [C] down.
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But he [Am] told me not to [Em] worry
They've [Am] just the place for [Em] me
A [Am] brand-new flat not [Em] far from here
Just [Dm] waiting there to [G] see
So I [Em] thought I'd take a stroll ‘round there and [Am] give the place the eye
But it [Dm] came as quite a shock to find it fifteen stories [G] high
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Oh [C] I don't want to [Am] leave me [F] old two-up, two-[C]down
It [G] isn't much to look at but at [C] least it's [G] on the [C] ground
[F] It would surely break my heart for [C] me to say good-[Am]bye
When they [F] move me to that [G] room up in the [C] sky
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[C] Well I asked me next-door neighbor why [Dm] we have got to go
But [G] he was none the wiser, [C] no one seems to know
He said there were a rumour that he [Dm] heard the other day
[G] Someone said they need the space to build a motor-[C]way
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So [Am] now I'll have to [Em] pack me bags
It's [Am] going to be a [Em] squeeze
There [Am] isn't a suitcase [Em] large enough to [Dm] hold me memo-[G]ries
And [Em] I can't take me old dog Ben ‘cause [Am] pets, they aren't allowed
They [Dm] say it won't be suited to a life amongst the [G] clouds
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Oh [C] I don't want to [Am] leave me [F] old two-up, two-[C]down
It [G] isn't much to look at but at [C] least it's [G] on the [C] ground
[F] It would surely break my heart for [C] me to say good-[Am]bye
When they [F] move me to that [G] room up in the [C] sky
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[C] Just the other day I saw me [Dm] old friend, Mrs. brown
She [G] has a flat, the same as mine on [C] t'other side of town
She [C] said it's nice and cosy but there's [Dm] one thing, makes her vexed:
She [G] doesn't see a single soul from one day to the [C] next
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Well the [Am] more I think a-[Em]bout it
The [Am] more I want to [Em] stay
I [Am] wish that I could [Em] close me eyes and [Dm] make it go a-[G]way
The [Em] only consolation, I'll [Am] say to be quite fair
I'm [Dm] sure to get to heaven, ‘cause [Dm] I'll be 'alf way [G] there
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Oh [C] I don't want to [Am] leave me [F] old two-up, two-[C]down
It [G] isn't much to look at but at [C] least it's [G] on the [C] ground
[F] It would surely break my heart for [C] me to say good-[Am]bye
When they [F] move me to that [G] room up in the [C] sky
When they [F] move me to that [G] room up in the [C] sky
