Chord/Tab song: Why Aye Man

[Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm] [Dm]

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[Dm]We had no way of staying a float
[Dm]We had to leave on the ferry-boat
[Dm]Economic refugees
[Dm]On the run to Germany
[G]We had the back of Maggie's hand
[Dm]Times were tough in Geordieland
[Dm]We got wor tools and working gear
[Dm]And humped it all from Newcastle to here
[Dm]Dm (x4)

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[Dm]Why aye man, why ay[Fm]e, why aye man[Gm]
[Gm]Why aye man, why [A#]aye, why aye man [C]
[Dm]Why aye man, why ay[Fm]e, why aye man[Gm]
[Gm]Why aye man, why [A#]aye, why aye man

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Dm (x8 bars)

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[Dm]We're nomad tribes, travelling boys
[Dm]In the dust and the dirt and the wrecking noise
[Dm]Drills and hammers, diggers and picks
[Dm]Mixing concrete, laying bricks
[G]There's English, Irish, Scots, the lot
[Dm]United Nation's what we've got
[Dm]Brickies, Chippies, every trade
[Dm]German building, British-made
[Dm]Dm (x4)

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[Dm]Why aye man, why ay[Fm]e, why aye man[Gm]
[Gm]Why aye man, why [A#]aye, why aye man [C]
[Dm]Why aye man, why ay[Fm]e, why aye man[Gm]
[Gm]Why aye man, why [A#]aye, why aye man

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Dm (x8 bars)

|-------------------------Bridge 1--------------------------|

[G]Nae more work on Maggie's farm[C][Fm]
[Dm]Hidaway down the auto-bahn[C]
[G]Mine's a porta cabin bed[C][Fm]
[Dm]Or a bunk in a Nissan hut instead[C]

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[G]Dm [C] [Fm] C (x2)

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Dm (x4)
[Dm]There's plenty Deutschmarks here to earn
[Dm]And German tarts are wunderschon
[Dm]German beer is chemical- free
[Dm]Germany's alright with me
[G]Some times I miss my river Tyne
[Dm]But you're my pretty Fraulein
[Dm]Tonight we'll drink the old town dry
[Dm]Keep wor spirit levels high
[Dm]Dm (x4)

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[Dm]Why aye man, why ay[Fm]e, why aye man[Gm]
[Gm]Why aye man, why [A#]aye, why aye man [C]
[Dm]Why aye man, why ay[Fm]e, why aye man[Gm]
[Gm]Why aye man, why [A#]aye, why aye man

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Dm (x8 bars)

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[G]Some times I miss my river Tyne[C][Fm]
[Dm]But you're my pretty Fraulein[C]
[G]Tonight we'll drink the old town dry[C][Fm]
[Dm]Keep wor spirit levels high[C]
[G]Some times I miss my river Tyne[C][Fm]
[Dm]But you're my pretty Fraulein[C]
[G]Tonight we'll drink the old town dry[C][Fm]
[Dm]Keep wor spirit levels high[C]

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[G]Dm [C] [Fm] C (x4)
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