The Boomtown Rats

Banana Republic(Chords)

The Boomtown Rats

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     Banana republic,  Septic Isle 
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     Screamin' in the sufferin' sea,  Sounds like, Cry, Cry, Cry 
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     Everywhere I go,  Yeah,  Everywhere I see 
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     The black and blue uniforms,      Police and priests 

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     And I wonder do you wonder,   While you're sleeping with your whore 
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     Sharing beds with history,  Is like a-licking running sores 
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     Forty shades of green yeah,   Sixty shades o'red 
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     Heroes going cheap these days,    Price a bullet in the head 

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     Banana republic,  Septic Isle 
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     Suffer in the screamin' sea,  Sounds like, Die, Die, Die 
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     Everywhere I go,  Yeah,  Everywhere I see 
                           Dm      G 
     The black and blue uniforms,      Police and priests 

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     Take your hand and lead ya,  Up the garden path 
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     Let me stand aside here,  And watch ya pass 
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     Strikin' up The Soldiers Song,   I know that tune 
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     It begs too many questions,      And answers too 

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     Banana republic,  Septic Isle 
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     Suffer in the screamin' sea,  Sounds like, Die, Die, Die 
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     Everywhere I go,  Yeah,  Everywhere I see 
                           Dm      G 
     The black and blue uniforms,      Police and priests 

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     The purple and the pinstripe,   They mutely shake their heads 
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     A silence shriekin' volumes,  Violence worse than they condemn 
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     Stab ya in the back,  Yeah,  Laughing in your face 
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     Glad to see the place again,    It's a pity nothings changed 

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     Banana republic,  Septic Isle 
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     Suffer in the screamin' sea,  Sounds like, Die, Die, Die 
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     Everywhere I go,  Yeah,  Everywhere I see 
                           Dm      G 
     The black and blue uniforms,      Police and priests
	        

Written by Pete Briquette/Bob Geldof

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