Chords:
{t: Manchester }
{key: D}
{artist:The Beautiful South}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFWP62EoU4g E so capo 2
{c: }
[D] [Bm] [D][G] [D][A]
From [D] Northenden to Partington it's [Bm] rain
[D] From [G] Altrincham to Chadderton it's [A] rain
From [D] Moss Side to Swinton hardly [Bm] Spain
[D] It's a [G] picture postcard of 'wish they never [A] came'
And whilst that [G] deckchair in the garden, it makes no [D] sense
It [A] doesn't spoil the view or cause o-[D]ffence
Those [G] Floridas, Bavarias and [D] Kents
Make [A] gentlemen wear shorts but don't make [D] gents
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[NC] So con-[D]vertibles stay garage-bound
Save [Bm] after-sun for later
If [Em] rain makes Britain [G] great
Then [A] Manchester is greater
As you [D] dry your clothes once again
U-[Bm]pon the radiator
[Em] What makes Britain [G] great
Makes [A] Manchester yet greater
{eoc}
[D] [Bm] [D][G] [D][A]
From [D] Cheetham Hill to Wythenshawe it's [Bm] rain [D]
[G] Gorton, Salford, Sale pretty much the [A] same
As I'm [D] caught without my jacket once a-[Bm]gain
[D] The [G] raindrops on my face play a sweet re-[A]frain
And as [G] winter turns reluctantly to [D] spring
For the [A] clouds above the city there's one last [D] fling
[G] Swallows build their nests, chaffinch [D] sing
And the [A] sun strolls into town like long lost [D] king
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[NC] So con-[D]vertibles stay garage-bound
Save [Bm] after-sun for later
If [Em] rain makes Britain [G] great
Then [A] Manchester is greater
As you [D] dry your clothes once again
U-[Bm]pon the radiator
[Em] What makes Britain [G] great
Makes [A] Manchester yet greater
{eoc}
And the [G] mood of this whole sodden place is [D] melancholy
Like the [A] sun came out to play, shone through the [D] clouds but dropped its lolly
And [G] everyone looks so disappointed [D] so so sorry
Like the [A] rain blew into town, kidnapped the [D] sun and stole it's brolly
[G] [A] [D] .
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[NC] So con-[D]vertibles stay garage-bound
Save [Bm] after-sun for later
If [Em] rain makes Britain [G] great
Then [A] Manchester is greater
As you [D] dry your clothes once again
U-[Bm]pon the radiator
[Em] What makes Britain [G] great
Makes [A] Manchester yet greater
{eoc}
[D] .
