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Tom Paine's Bones

Dick Gaughan
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  As I  dreamed out one evening  by a river  of discontent
  I Bumped  straight in to Old  Tom Paine as running  down the road he went
  He said, "I  can't stop right now  child, King George  is after me
  He'd have  a rope around  my throat and hang  me from a liberty  tree"
  I will dance  to Tom Paine's bones, dance  to Tom Paine's bones
  Dance  in the oldest boots  I own to the rhythm  of Tom Paine's bones.
  I will dance  to Tom Paine's bones, dance  to Tom paine's bones
  Dance  in the oldest boots  I own to the rhythm  of Tom Paine's bones
  well,I only talked about freedom And justice for everyone
  But since the very first word I spoke
  I've been looking down the barrel of a gun
  And they say I preached revolution, Let me say in my defence
  That all I did wherever I went was to talk a lot of common sense.
  Chorus
  well,Old Tom Paine, he ran so fast he left me standing still
  And there I was, a piece of paper in my hand,
  standing at the top of the hill
  And it said, "This is the Age of Reason, these are the Rights of Man,
  Kick off religion and monarchy" it was written in Tom Paine's plan.
  Chorus
  Old Tom Paine, there he lies nobody laughs and nobody cries
  Where he's gone or how he fares nobody knows...and nobody cares..but..

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Readable chord sheet for Tom Paine's Bones by Dick Gaughan

As [D]I dreamed out one [A]evening by a [Bm]river of discon[G]tent
 I [D]Bumped straight in to [F#m]Old Tom Paine as [A]running down the road he [G]went
 He said, "[D]I can't stop right [A]now child, King [Bm]George is after [G]me
 He'd [D]have a rope a[F#m]round my throat and [A]hang me from a libert[G]y tree"
 I will [D]dance to Tom Paine's [A]bones, [Bm]dance to Tom Paine's b[G]ones
 [D]Dance in the oldest [F#m]boots I own to the [A]rhythm of Tom Paine's [G]bones.
 I will [D]dance to Tom Paine's [A]bones, [Bm]dance to Tom paine's b[G]ones
 [D]Dance in the oldest [F#m]boots I own to the [A]rhythm of Tom Paine's [D]bones

 well,I only talked about freedom And justice for everyone
 But since the very first word I spoke
 I've been looking down the barrel of a gun
 And they say I preached revolution, Let me say in my defence
 That all I did wherever I went was to talk a lot of common sense.

 Chorus

 well,Old Tom Paine, he ran so fast he left me standing still
 And there I was, a piece of paper in my hand,
 standing at the top of the hill
 And it said, "This is the Age of Reason, these are the Rights of Man,
 Kick off religion and monarchy" it was written in Tom Paine's plan.

 Chorus

 Old Tom Paine, there he lies nobody laughs and nobody cries
 Where he's gone or how he fares nobody knows...and nobody cares..but..

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