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When Strummer was Alive

from Caravan Park Summers by The Coolites

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Thinking back about old friends, how a band/artist can influence you growing up and how our lives are still shaped by the thoughts we had when Strummer was alive.

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When Strummer was Alive
(words/music S.Gibson)

G D
we’d go down to Kenny’s place
C Em
all of us with smiles on face
G D
Strummer on the stereo
C G
as we drank cheap wine

G D
we traded thoughts, shared our dreams
C Em
the future’s wide, a million schemes
G D
we hung on every word he sang
C G
when Strummer was alive

we’d never left our home town
but never thought we’d settle down
Friday nights we’d change the world
or at least we thought we’d try

the Clash were always the guiding light
the gave us hope, made us fight
for things we thought’d give us life
when Strummer was alive

Em C G D
Joe Strummer was our only real teacher
Em C G D
he always gave us something to believe in
Em C
he opened eyes and opened minds
G D
with every lyric
C
showed us things that no-one else
Am
would let us see
C D
things that no-one else would let us see

it’s been 20 years since I’ve seen Ken
and I’ve never felt that good again
I always thought we’d change the world
long before he died

but Strummer’s gone and we’re still here
and every day I feel the fear
I never thought that we could fail
when Strummer was alive

Chorus

Adam, Nick, Platty, Mel
Avi, Brendan, Beck and Joel
I never thought that we’d get old
sometimes I wanna cry

but Strummer’s gone
and we’re still here
and every day I feel the fear
our lives still shaped by thoughts we had
when Strummer was alive

Chorus

(end on G)

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from Caravan Park Summers, released April 27, 2015
Words/Music Simon Gibson

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