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Eleven Years / New Model Army (Impurity)
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[Intro]
|: F Am G :|

[Verse 1]
F               Am                        G 
Stevie said now don't look round they're watching us
     F           Am             G
Two girls in the corner of that dodgy club
        F              Am              G
And the grey eyes, the storm that I've come to know and wish for
   F              C
Before I caught a breath
              G
Well she was standing there
   F                     Am            G
We walked the streets of our town just talking
        F                   Am                   G
And the dawn broke grey and freezing through the deserted blocks
     F                 Am                G
Just when your life is stale and there's reason there for everything
F                  Am          G
Something comes to kick you up inside


[Chorus]
 Dm          C            G
Eleven sweet years and no nearer home
  Dm                C                  G
A hundred thousands miles through this battle zone
      Dm          C    G                G
Still high on the wire above the hollow darkness
       F           F
Trying not to look down...


[Verse 2]
   F            Am              G
No Rest for the wicked is still how it goes
F              Am         G
Twisted up and turning my bed alone
    F          Am           G
And separation pains like a blunted amputation
F               Am           G           
Pushing endless coins in the telephone

[Chorus]
 Dm          C            G
Eleven sweet years and no nearer home ...


[Special]
   Bb    
So rest
C                       Bb
 In these open arms and cry
C                        Bb  
 Until they come for you and tell
Dm                                  C
 And tell me everything that you've ever felt
C                       G
 Tell me everything you want to see

[Bridge]
|: F C G :|

[Verse 3]
  F             C                G     
Forever running even when we are standing still
F             C               G
Driven on and fired up as the whirlwinds blow
    F               C
And shouting out inside
    G                 G
I'm proud of you, I'm proud of you
    F                  C             G
Ten thousand footsteps echo down the Brixton Road

[Chorus]
 Dm          C            G
Eleven sweet years and no nearer home ...

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Alternative chords: 
Verses: F C G instead of F Am G.
Last updated November 27 1999.