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He's On The Beach

Kirsty Maccoll
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He  was just a friend of mine I'd  run into from time to time
 And long  before he moved away we  used to share a taste for  wine
 Still I never knew  that he was sad that's  when
 He said  the time  had come  for him to take  a holiday.
 And he says its brilliant  there
 There's something in  the air
 And sunshine everywhere
 He's on the beach
 I know he's changed  somehow
 He writes us postcards  now
 I'm not sure where  he is
 He's out of reach
 When he called me up one day and said that he was going away
 I thought he meant a week in france and not ten thousand miles to Sydney bay
 Still he had to take his chances
 He said the time had come for him to make a move away
 And he says its brilliant there
 There's something in the air
 And sunshine everywhere
 He's on the beach
 I know he's changed somehow
 He writes us postcards now
 I'm not sure where he is
 He's on the beach
 And I dont blame him
 Leaving was the best thing he could do
 With all the changes
 I just hope he's happy when he does the things he thinks he has to do
 And he tries. And he tries. And he tries so hard but all by himself
 Somehow he's trying to be someone else
 And he says, he says, he says its brilliant there
 There's something in the air
 And sunshine everywhere
 He's on the beach
 I know he's changed somehow
 He's in Australia
 And he's on the beach
 And he says its brilliant there

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Readable chord sheet for He's On The Beach by Kirsty Maccoll

[C]He was just a friend of mine I'd[G] run into from time to time
And [Am]long before he moved away we[F] used to share a taste f[C]or wine
Still I never kn[G]ew that he was sad that'[F]s when
He s[C]aid the t[F]ime had c[G]ome for him to [F]take a ho[C]li[G]day.

And he says its [C]brilliant there
There's something [F]in the air
And sunshine [C]everywhere
He's on the b[G]each
I know he's ch[C]anged somehow
He writes us [F]postcards now
I'm not sure whe[C]re he is
He's out of [G]reach

When he called me up one day and said that he was going away
I thought he meant a week in france and not ten thousand miles to Sydney bay
Still he had to take his chances
He said the time had come for him to make a move away

And he says its brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
He writes us postcards now
I'm not sure where he is
He's on the beach

And I dont blame him
Leaving was the best thing he could do
With all the changes
I just hope he's happy when he does the things he thinks he has to do
And he tries. And he tries. And he tries so hard but all by himself
Somehow he's trying to be someone else

And he says, he says, he says its brilliant there
There's something in the air
And sunshine everywhere
He's on the beach
I know he's changed somehow
He's in Australia
And he's on the beach
And he says its brilliant there

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