Spirit Of 76 Acoustic Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Well I Gfind myself in reveCrie, 'bout what we mGight have had

And what Cmight have been

GWe had something going Conce

That was such a Dlong, long time ago

It was Gway back in '7C6 our Gfriendship formed of Cpure innocence

GWe first met on Mathew CStreet

And we heard Dsomething that would set us free

EmA sign stands over aG door, it says "Four lads who Dshook the world"

AmIn the depths of those hCeady nights wEme would dream of Cthose bright lights

DOh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend

G [G/f#] Cadd9 Em7

Somewhere tonight out on the street

G [G/f#] Cadd9 D Em7

Somewhere beneath this city's heat

In the eyes of Cadd4strangers who Dpass me Emby

GLife is crCadd9uel and soD unkEmind

OCh, Oh the SPIRIT OF '76

And my friend John, he went away and he made some mistakes

Spent time in Walton jail

And now when I see him we still talk but there's no light shining in his eyes

And Susie, she was 17 and more beauty in this world I swear you'll never see

I was gonna be king and she was gonna be queen

But now all she does is hide behind the tears

If there was more sense in this world and work wasn't so hard to find

You would not be going your way, I would not be going mine

Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend

G [G/f#]

EmMersey lights Cshine in the distance Dsame as they did for us Emthen

EmMersey lights shine Cbright in the distance Dwhere are you now my fEmriend?

You see Gsome nights when I can'tC sleep, I still Dthink of you

AmOf all the promises, all the dreams weG shared

AI know those lights still Gcall to you

CI can hear them now, CI can hear them noGw

And now me, I've seen my dreams come true

But that don't make me no hero

I'm just one of the lucky few

If a man can't change the world these days

I still believe a man can change his own destiny

But the price is high that has got to be paid

For everyone who survives there are many who fail

Seen my friends caught out in that crossfire

All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre

I will never give in until the day that I die

I get myself some independence

Carve out a future with these two bare hands

Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend