Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Farewell Angelina, the bells of the crown
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Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
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The triangle tingles and the trumpets play slow
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Farewell Angelina, the sky is on fire
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And I must go
[Verse 2]
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There's no need for anger, there's no need for blame
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There's nothing to prove, everything's still the same
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Just a table standing empty by the edge of the sea
Dm Am Dm C
Farewell Angelina, the sky is trembling
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And I must leave
[Verse 3]
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The jacks and queens have forsaken the courtyard
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Fifty-two gypsies now file past the guards
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In the space where the deuce and the ace once ran wild
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Farewell Angelina, the sky is folding
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I'll see you in a while
[Verse 4]
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See the cross-eyed pirates sitting perched in the sun
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Shooting tin cans with a sawed-off shotgun
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And the neighbours, they clap and they cheer with each blast
Dm Am Dm C
Farewell Angelina, the sky's changing colour
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And I must leave fast
[Verse 5]
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King Kong, little elves, on the rooftops they dance
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Valentino-type tangos, while the make-up man's hands
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Shut the eyes of the dead not to embarrass anyone
Dm Am Dm C
Farewell Angelina, the sky is embarrassed
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And I must be gone
[Verse 6]
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The machine guns are roaring, and puppets heave rocks
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The fiends nail time-bombs to the hands of the clocks
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Call me any name you like, I will never deny it
Dm Am Dm C
Farewell Angelina, the sky is empty
A# F
I must go where it's quiet
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Call me any name you like, I will never deny it
Dm Am Dm C
Farewell Angelina, the sky is empty
A# F
I must go where it's quiet
[Outro]
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F A# C Dm Am C A# Dm A# Dm F