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UkeTunes Levi Stubbs’ Tears (by Billy Bragg) { 1986 } Intro: <Bm> <F#m> <G> [A] / / / With the [Bm] money from her accident she [A] bought herself a mobile [D] home [F#m] So at [A] least she could get some en-[G]-joyment out of being a-[Bm]-lone / / / [Bm] / [A] / No one could [G] say she was left upon the [D] shelf It’s you and [A] me against the world, kid, she mumbled to herself <G> <D><A> <G> <D><Bm> When the world falls a-<G>-part <D> Some things <A> stay in [Bm] place / / / [Bm] / [A] / [G] Levi Stubbs’ tears [A] run down his [Bm] face <F#m> She ran a-[Bm]-way from home … [A] in her mother's best [D] coat [F#m] She was [A] married before she was [G] even entitled to [Bm] vote / / / [Bm] / [A] / And her [G] husband was one of those [D] blokes The sort who [A] only laughs at his own [Bm] jokes The sort that a [G] war takes a-[D]-way And when there [A] wasn't a war he left anyway <G> <D><A> <G> <D><Bm> When the world falls a-<G>-part <D> Some things <A> stay in [Bm] place / / / [Bm] / [A] / [G] Levi Stubbs’ tears [A] run down his [Bm] face [F#m] [G] Norman [D] Whitfield and [F#m] Barratt [A] Strong Are [G] here to make [D] right every-[F#m]-thing that's [A] wrong [G] Holland and [D] Holland and Lamont [F#m] Dozier [A] too Are <A> here to make it all okay with you And [Bm] one dark night he [A] came home from the [D] sea [F#m] And put a [A] hole in her body, [G] where no hole should [Bm] be / / / [Bm] / [A] / It hurt her [G] more to see him walking out the [D] door And though they [A] stitched her back together They left her heart in pieces on the [Bm] floor [A] When the [G] world falls apart [A] some things stay in [Bm] place / / / [Bm] / [A] / She takes [G] off the Four Tops tape, [A] And puts it back in its [Bm] case / / / [Bm] / [A] / When the [G] world falls apart [A] some things stay in [Bm] place / / / [Bm] / [A] / [G] Levi Stubbs’ tears [A] / / / [Bm] / / / [Bm] / [A] / [G] / / / [A] / / / [Bm] / / / [Bm] / [A] / [G] / / / [A] / / / <Bm> (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) .

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