The World's On Fire - The Housemartins

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There's a couple sunbathing on a freshly mown lawn in England
It's a house with a view and all you see is green and blue for miles
The local vicar has pretended that the church is well attended this morning
As he walks without purpose to the Sunday service he smiles

{Refrain:
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Woah-oh, what a beautiful morning
           A             D            E
Woah-oh, what a beautiful day
           A             D            E
Woah-oh, what a sickening feeling
   D                                                                       E
It took this long to make it, now we're throwing it away
         A                       D                 A                    F#m  D
Now I was told not to play with fire, the world's on fire
        A                            D                          A                     F#m  D
Said look out church the flames grow higher . the world's on fire
           A                       D              A                    F#m  D
I said, watch those flames lick that spire
           A                           D                                A              F#m  D
I said, look our church the flames grow higher, the world's on fire       }
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There's a curtain closed early in an upstairs room in England
There's a couple misbehaving when they should've been praising Sunday
And there's a bounce in her walk and the neighbors stop to talk for hours
And when eyebrows are raised at the next song of praise come Monday

[REFRAIN]

N.C.
The world's on fire

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Now I was told not to play with fire, the world's on fire
        A                            D                          A                     F#m  D
I said look out church the flames grow high-yigh-er . the world's on fire
             A         D  A    F#m  E
Said the world's on fire
       A         D  A              F#m  D  A(sust.)
The world's on fire


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