Intro
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All that we got to be thankful for
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All that we got to be thankful for
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In the heat, try to love these streets
(VERSE 1)
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In this town, it all went down
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our chromosomes in sepia tones
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in my mind, in my mind
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Where you lead your lives before
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From our small island brought right back
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To these shores, to these shores, to these shores
(CHORUS)
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It's alive, It's alive when
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I see it through your eyes
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It's alive, It's alive
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Now I understand your lives
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Will you take me there
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You show me the city
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I see it through your eyes
C#
Will you take me there
G# Fm
We drive through the city
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beneath the Durban Skies
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Oh oh oh..
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Oh oh oh..
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All that we got to be thankful for
(VERSE 2)
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On the day you made your vows
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The heavens opened, rain poured down
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It poured down, down, down, down
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Grey and brown, the seventies
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The suits you wore, and the ones you love
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Were so young, were so young, oh, you were so young
(CHORUS)
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It's alive, It's alive when
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I see it through your eyes
Fm G#
It's alive, It's alive
C# D#
Now I understand your lives
C#
Will you take me there
G# Fm
You show me the city
D#
I see it through your eyes
C#
Will you take me there
G# Fm
We drive through the city
D#
beneath the Durban Skies
Fm
Oh oh oh..
G#
All that we got to be thankful for
Fm
Oh, all that we got to be thankful for
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All we got to be thankful for
(CHORUS)
Fm G#
It's alive, It's alive when
C# D#
I see it through your eyes
Fm G#
It's alive, It's alive
C# D#
Now I understand your lives
C#
Will you take me there
G# Fm
You show me the city
D#
I see it through your eyes
C#
Will you take me there
G# Fm
We drive through the city
D#
beneath the Durban Skies
C# G#
Will you take me there
Fm G#
It's alive, It's alive
C# G#
Will you take me there
Fm D#
It's alive, It's alive