Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

H 5 N 1

Killed a wild swan

It was a kind of omen

Of everything to come

I can't believe it's happening

And that it's happening now

I can't believe it's happening

It's coming true somehow

Verse 2

(same as Verse 1)

On Canvey Island, 1953

Many lives were lost

With the records of a football team

I can't believe it's happening

And that it's happening now

I can't believe it's happening

It's coming true somehow

Chorus

Don't you think it's strange, you know

The way it all works out

Brace yourself for storms and Summer droughts, soooooooo

Verse 3

(same as Verse 1)

Sometimes it's hard to tell

If it's going well

You know the odds against it

Were so phenomenal

I can't believe it's happening

And that it's happening now

I can't believe it's happening

It's coming true somehow

Chorus

(same)

Don't you think it's strange, you know

The way it all works out

Brace yourself for storms and Summer droughts

Don't you think it's strange, you know

The way it all works out

You start with everything then end without

Oh!

Oh, oh!

Ohhh...(etc.)

Oh it's happening now

Oh it's happening now

Oh...