Hunstanton Pier

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It was 2004 if I'm not mistaken, 
                         Bm
when the poison hit my lips
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And I haven't looked back since
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I had friends back then and a PMA 
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to match
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We were young and out of touch with
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 the things we'd grow up to hate so 
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much
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In time

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Back when my hair was long and Phil
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 was still alive
                            Bm     
We spent our days trying to speak, 
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to the girls that left us weak
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But now I'm ageing badly and my 
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friends' been laid to rest
                        Bm    
And the ones who let us in are 
          A              G
pushing prams or raising twins

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To tell you the truth I'd be lying
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 if I said I didn't hate the city
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I need the pier and the fresh sea 
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air of the town that made me

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In my heart and in my soul are 
       Bm     A              G
all the people that I've known
G        D         A
And the places I've called home
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But in my head and in my mind 
                     Bm       
they're all just things I left 
A          G
behind
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Reminders of the changing times, and
 these ageing bones of mine

( D  G  D  G )

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Lee and me were schooled in a 
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tourist town
                              Bm
With less culture than Jeremy Kyle
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But it stole our hearts for a while
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And most weekends I found nothing 
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but regret
                      Bm
Between many a drunk girls' legs
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And in many a strangers' bed

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To tell you the truth I'd be lying
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 if I said I didn't hate the city
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I need the pier and the fresh sea 
           G              A
air of the town that made me

Bm    A
  Who I am

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In my heart and in my soul are 
       Bm     A              G
all the people that I've known
G        D         A
And the places I've called home
G         D              A
But in my head and in my mind 
                     Bm       
they're all just things I left 
A          G
behind
G         D               A
Reminders of the changing times, and
 these ageing bones of mine

( Bm  G  Bm  G )

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The one's who haven't died or 
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started families
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Are all just working building sites
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 or battling with university fees
      Bm                          
And a girl I used to know made me 
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promise once
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I wonder if she kept it
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Or if she even remembers it

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In my heart and in my soul are 
       Bm     A              G
all the people that I've known
G        D         A
And the places I've called home
G         D              A
But in my head and in my mind 
                     Bm       
they're all just things I left 
A          G
behind
G         D               A
Reminders of the changing times, and
 these ageing bones of mine