Kirsty MacColl - A New England https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnzpg5GgQCo
C/E Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2 C/B G/C Bb/D Gadd9
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[Intro]
C C C C
C C C G/C F C C
[Verse 1]
C
I was twenty one years when I wrote this song
G Am
I'm twenty two now, but I won't be for long
F C/E
People ask when will I grow up to understand
G Fmaj7 C
Why all the girls I knew at school Are already pushing prams
[Verse 2]
C
I loved you then as I love you still
G Am
Though I put you on a pedestal,you put me on the pill
F C/E
I don't feel bad about letting you go
G Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2
I just feel sad about letting you know
[Chorus 1]
F C
I don't want to change the world
C/B Am
I'm not looking for a new England
F E G
Are you looking for another girl?
F C
I don't want to change the world
C/B Am
I'm not looking for a new England
F C G/C
Are you looking for another girl?
[Verse 3]
C
I loved the words you wrote to me
G Am
But that was bloody yesterday
F C/E
I can't survive on what you send
G Fmaj7 C
Every time you need a friend
[Verse 4]
C
I saw two shooting stars last night
G Am
I wished on them but they were only satellites
F C/E
Its wrong to wish on space hardware
G Fmaj7 Fmaj7sus2
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care
[Chorus 2]
F C
I don't want to change the world
C/B Am
I'm not looking for a new England
F E G
Are you looking for another girl?
F C
I don't want to change the world
C/B Am
I'm not looking for a new England
F Bb
Are you looking for another girl?
[Instrumental]
Bb Eb Bb Eb x3
Bb/D Bb/D
[Bridge]
D
My dreams were full of strange ideas
A Bm
My mind was set despite my fears
G D5
But other things got in the way
A Gadd9 D
I never asked that boy to stay
D
Once upon a time
A Bm
I sat beside the telephone
G D5
Waiting for someone to pull me through
A G Gadd9
When at last it didnt ring i knew it wasnt you
[Chorus 3]
G D
I don't want to change the world
D Bm
I'm not looking for a new England
G F# A
Are you looking for another girl?
G D
I don't want to change the world
D Bm
I'm not looking for a new England
G
Are you looking for another
[Outro]
Gadd9 D
I don't want to change the world
D Bm
I'm not looking for a new England
G D
Are you looking for another girl?
G D
looking for another girl
G D
looking for another girl
G D
looking for another girl
G D G D G
D G D G D G
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