The Proclaimers - Letter From America

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1Chorus:
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2When you go will you send back
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3a letter from America
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4Take a look up the railtrack
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5From Miami to Canada
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  F12
8Broke off from my work the other day
 Am13
9I spent the evening thinking about
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10All the blood that flowed away
  F16
11Across the ocean to the second chance
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12I wonder how it got on when it reached the promised land?
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14Chorus:
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15When you go will you send back
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16a letter from America
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17Take a look up the railtrack
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18From Miami to Canada
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  F28
20I've looked at the ocean
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22Tried hard to imagine
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23The way you felt the day you sailed
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24From Wester Ross to Nova Scotia
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25We should have held you
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27We should have told you
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28But you know our sense of timing
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29We always wait too long
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31Chorus:
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32When you go will you send back
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33a letter from America
         C40
34Take a look up the railtrack
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35From Miami to Canada
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37
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38lochaber no more
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39Sutherland no more
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40Lewis no more
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41Skye no more... -x3-
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43
 F52
44I wonder my blood
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46Will you ever return
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47To help us kick the life back
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48To a dying mutual friend
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49Do we not love her?
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51Do we not say we love her?
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52Do we have to roam the world
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53To prove how much it hurts?
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55Chorus:
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56When you go will you send back
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57a letter from America
         C64
58Take a look up the railtrack
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59From Miami to Canada
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61Outro -x4-:
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62Bathgate no more
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63Linwood no more
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64Methil no more
 Am74         G75
65Irvine no more
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