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Brazzaville - Lagos Slums Chords

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Lagos Slums Chords

(ver. 1)
Brazzaville
[Intro]
| Em     | Cmaj7   | Bm7    | Bm7    |
| Em     | Cmaj7   | Bm7    | Bm7    |
| Em     | Cmaj7   | Bm7    | Bm7    |
| Em     | Cmaj7   | Bm7    | Bm7    |
 
 
[Verse 1]
         Em  Cmaj7    Bm7
He’s had bicycles and sons
         Em     Cmaj7    Bm7
He’s had salted fish and dark rum
        Em       Cmaj7  Bm7
Now his days are almost done
              Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
In the Lagos slums
 
 
[Verse 2]
         Em     Cmaj7  Bm7
He was a farmer for a  while
        Em        Cmaj7  Bm7
Growin’ plantains by the coastline
         Em      Cmaj7  Bm7
And some said he had a smile
              Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
Like a movie star
 
 
[Chorus]
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah, ah ah
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah, ah ah
 
 
[Verse 3]
        Em       Cmaj7  Bm7
Met his wife one Friday night
     Em         Cmaj7    Bm7
At a dance hall near the train tracks
        Em           Cmaj7  Bm7
And his heart soared like a kite
               Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
In the evening light
 
 
[Verse 4]
           Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
Worked the oil fields once
           Em    Cmaj7   Bm7
Saved some money for his family
        Em         Cmaj7  Bm7
Built a house near Eden’s Point
                        Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
Where they raised their boys
 
 
[Chorus]
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah, ah ah
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
La ah, ah ah
 
 
[Verse 5]
             Em      Cmaj7  Bm7
He says it’s hard to be a   man
               Em         Cmaj7    Bm7
Who works and still can’t feed his children
       Em       Cmaj7   Bm7
But he does the best he can
                 Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
In the New World Plan
 
 
[Bridge]
      N.C.
We’re all
Bm7  Em
  Forgotten
Bm7    Em  Cmaj7
  This road
Bm7    Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
 Leads nowhere
 
 
[Outro]
      Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
We’re all
   Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
Forgotten
     Em  Cmaj7  Bm7
This road
      Em  Cmaj7  Bm7  Em
Leads nowhere
            
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