[Intro]
| LA    | LA     | RE RE/DO#| MI   |
| LA     | LA     | RE  RE/DO#| MI6 MI7 |
[Versetto]
LA                          RE       
  Don’t start that talking,   I could
 MI 
 talk all night 
  Don’t start that talking,   I could talk all night 
LA                           RE     
  My mind goes sleepwalking,   while
     DO#7                  FA#m 
 I’m putting the world to right 
  My mind goes sleepwalking,   while I’m putting the world to right 
               SI         FA#m      
Called careers information, have you
         SI       MI  (LA) 
 got yourself an occupation
Called careers information, have you got yourself an occupation
[Ritornello]
LA               RE      MI   
Oliver’s Army is here to stay,
 LA                 RE     
 Oliver's Army are on their
   MI 
 way 
Oliver’s Army is here to stay, Oliver's Army are on their way 
LA    LA/SOL#  FA#m      LA/MI  
  And I would rather be anywhere
   RE    RE/DO# MI      LA 
 else, than  here today
  And I would rather be anywhere else, than  here today
[Interludio]
 (LA)     LA       RE RE/DO# MI6 MI7 
[Versetto]
LA                               
  There was a Checkpoint Charlie,  
 RE          MI 
 he didn't crack a smile 
  There was a Checkpoint Charlie,   he didn't crack a smile 
LA                            RE    
  But it's no laughing party,   when
             DO#7            FA#m 
 you've been on the murder mile 
  But it's no laughing party,   when you've been on the murder mile 
               SI            
Only takes one itchy trigger, one
 FA#m                SI    
 more widow, one less white
      MI 
 nigger
Only takes one itchy trigger, one more widow, one less white nigger
[Ritornello]
LA               RE      MI   
Oliver’s Army is here to stay,
 LA                 RE     
 Oliver's Army are on their
   MI 
 way 
Oliver’s Army is here to stay, Oliver's Army are on their way 
LA    LA/SOL#  FA#m      LA/MI  
  And I would rather be anywhere
   RE    RE/DO# MI      LA 
 else, than  here today
  And I would rather be anywhere else, than  here today
[Interludio]
 (LA)     LA       RE RE/DO# MI6 MI7 
[Ponte]
SOL#m           FA#          MI     
   Hong Kong is up for grabs, London
    RE# 
 is full of Arabs 
   Hong Kong is up for grabs, London is full of Arabs 
DO#7              FA#        MI     
   We could be in Palestine, overrun
        FA# 
 by the Chinese line 
   We could be in Palestine, overrun by the Chinese line 
         MI                          
With the boys from the Mersey and the
 FA# 
 Thames and the Tyne
With the boys from the Mersey and the Thames and the Tyne
[Versetto]
SI                       MI      
  But there's no danger,   it's a
    FA# 
 professional career 
  But there's no danger,   it's a professional career 
SI                                
  Though it could be arranged with
 MI             RE#7              
 just a word in Mister Churchill's
  SOL#m 
 ear 
  Though it could be arranged with just a word in Mister Churchill's ear 
                 DO#               
If you're out of luck, or if you're
         SOL#m                 
 out of work, we could send you to
 DO#    FA#  SI    MI FA# 
 Johannesburg
If you're out of luck, or if you're out of work, we could send you to Johannesburg
[Ritornello]
SI              MI      FA#   SI     
Olivers Army is here to stay, Olivers
           MI        FA# 
 Army are on their way 
Olivers Army is here to stay, Olivers Army are on their way 
SI    SI/LA#   SOL#m     SI/FA#    MI
  And I would rather be anywhere else
   MI/RE# FA#     SI 
 than  here today 
  And I would rather be anywhere else than  here today 
    SI/LA#  SOL#m     SI/FA#    MI 
And I would rather be anywhere else
  MI/RE# FA#     SI 
 than  here today 
And I would rather be anywhere else than  here today 
    SI/LA#  SOL#m     SI/FA#    MI 
And I would rather be anywhere else
  MI/RE# FA#     SI 
 than  here today
And I would rather be anywhere else than  here today
[Outro]
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| SI     | SI     | MI  MI/RE#| FA#    |
(fade out)