You Weren‘t There
New Model Army
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C G Am Em [Verse 1]C Well, you say, you say it's such aG small, small worldAm Flying Club Class back from theEm far-eastC G Curled up safe and warm in the big chairAm You were flying through the skiesEm of anywhereC G Get the courtesy car to the SheratonAm Em There's live on-the-spot reportsC on the CNN between the ad-breaksG Am So you think you know what'sEm going on - but you don'tC Because you weren't in Belfast, noG you weren't thereAm And no you weren't in Waco, no youEm weren't thereC And you weren't in Kosovo, youG weren't thereF And you weren't in my head so youG don't know how it feltContinues after the adAm Em Walking arm in arm with crowds toC the squareG F And the banners waving and the sunG Am Em - glinting [Instrumental]C G Am Em [Verse 2]C G All this information swims round and roundAm Em Like a shoal of fish in a tank going nowhereC G Up and down between the glass wallsAm You're so safe in the knowledgeEm they're impenetrableC And you look out at the world andG see nothing at allAm So go back to sleep and you'll beEm C woken when the time comesG F And you'll never know just whatG hit you or where it came fromAm Because you weren't in Bradford, noG you weren't thereF And you weren't on the hill, no youG weren't thereAm G And you weren't with us so you never sawF Just what happened when theG television crews came knocking onAm the doorEm How the people told them all to go to HellC G Smashed the cameras and sent them awayF There were sirens going off andG policemen coming inAm And all that you love was beingEm swept awayC G In the rush of a black tide allF done in your nameG And you'll never know just whatAm G happened thereF G Am Or how it feels - just how itEm feels . . .