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Version 1
England Swings:Roger Miller.
#8 in 1965.
[Intro] (whistle)
D D D A D
[Chorus]
D
England swings like a pendulum do,
A
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two.
D G
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben,
D A D
the rosy red cheeks of the little children.
[Interlude]
D Am7 D Am7
[Verse 1]
D G
Now, if you huff and puff and you finally save enough money
D A
up to take your family on a trip across the sea.
D G
Take a tip before you take your trip, let me tell
D N.C.
you where to go...go to England, oh.
[Chorus]
D
England swings like a pendulum do,
A
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two.
D G
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben,
D A D
the rosy red cheeks of the little children.
[Interlude]
(Whistle)
D
A
D G
D A D
[Verse 2]
D G D
Mamas old pajamas and your papa's mustache,
D A
falling out the window sill, frolic in the grass.
D G D
Tryin' to mock the way they talk, fun but all in vain,
D A D
gapin' at the dapper men with derby hats and canes.
[Chorus]
D
England swings like a pendulum do,
A
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two.
D G
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben,
D A D
the rosy red cheeks of the little children.
[Chorus]
D
England swings like a pendulum do,
A
Bobbies on bicycles, two by two.
D G
Westminster Abbey, the tower of Big Ben,
D A D
the rosy red cheeks of the little children.
[Outro]
(Whistle)
D
A
D G
D A D
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.