Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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 A stron wind blew across the bay

 A word for happiness on that day

 The workers board their trains for home

 Their shirts were dirty and damp

 And I stood there just like before

 A nod from a stud or a smile from a whore

 It all seemed so impermanent though

 I think that it never will change

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 I went down the old narrow road

 That leads to the shore and to Sally's old boat

 I went aboard and I rowed away

 To get to the other side

 And they all lit a fire on the beach that night

 And all their troubles were out of sight

 I just walked in and I tied the boat

 To a tree in the edge of the wood

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 And they all sang a song called the bottle of smoke

 They blew their whistles, their drums they stroke

 And the fair young ladies thay danced in the night

 To the sound of the band in the flickering light