D
A salvation army band played
        A/D
And the children drank lemon-ade.
        G                         D
And the morning lasted all day,
D
All day.
       D
And through an open window came,
       A/D
Like Sinatra in a younger day.
G
Pushing the town  a-way
D
Away

[Chorus]
D
Ah hey ma ma ma ma, n-ny-ay
D                      G
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
                    D
Life in a northern town

[Verse 2]
     D
They sat on the stony ground.
       A/D
And he took a cigarette out.
    G                          D
And everyone else came down to listen.
D
He said in Winter 1963
   A/D
It felt like the world would freeze,
     G                       D
With John F. Kennedy and the Beatles.

[Chorus]
D
Ah hey ma ma ma ma, n-ny-ay
D                      G
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
G                       D
All of the work shut down.

[Verse 3]
    D
The evening had turned to rain.
          A/D
Watch the water roll down the drain.
      G                        D
As we followed him down to the station.
D
Although he never would waved goodbye.
          A/D
You could see it written in his eyes
       G                          D
As the train rolled out of sight, bye bye.

[Chorus]
D
Ah hey ma ma ma ma, n-ny-ay
D                      G
Hey ma ma ma, hey-ay-ay-ay
G                       D
Life in a northern town.