Postcards From Catalonia

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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I've been told to be a seer one 
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must be ruthless
        D                          
So I've eaten the yellowed text of 
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Paul and Brutus.
         D                         
The soothsayers came and went now I
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 believe
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to be reborn we first must 
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cultivate a seed
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Spit it out release that precious 
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piece of pebbled ash from your 
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mouth,
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That's a working class jewel 
spinning round your hopeless head.
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It ain't for chewing on it's for 
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looking through instead.
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You prefer the common stone to the 
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pearls,
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Under the plexiglass with the 
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factory girl
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who told her sister all about 
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you, hanging bed sheets on
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A clothesline in the sun.
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             D                 Dmaj9
She keep you warm she keep you fed
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now you've gone and lost your bed
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On the doorstep of the sick and 
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indignant society
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And as Christmas comes send word to 
all the ones
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who watch night disown day.
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[Verse 2]
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Thirty five days after defection 
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now I am sat in the cheapest of 
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rooms.
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There's an oil lamp defiantly 
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snapping at the shadows.
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I've had notions to start playing 
chess,
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but the mice they have stolen the 
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pieces
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I have told them to start paying 
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rent or they must leave.
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I am writing my letters, I am 
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anchored in an armchair.
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I intend on shooting the postman 
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when he passes at Dawn.
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I haven't eaten for thirteen days.
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I've taken the form of a Bosnian 
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beggar.
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I'm the reason the preachers are 
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screaming and shouting.
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Tell the mother I'm home, tell the 
mother I'm home.
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And as Christmas comes send word to 
all the ones
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Who would love to be remembered
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by the ghosts of november on St. 
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Stephens's Day
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In some miniscule way


[Chorus]
           D            Dmaj9 
Across the city they're sending 
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postcards to Catalonia.
          D           Dmaj9  
Across my city they're sending 
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postcards to Catalonia
           D            Dmaj9 
Across the city they're sending 
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postcards to Catalonia
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I can't get out now so here's a 
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postcard from Catalonia.