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Thick As Thieves

The Jam
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e ----------------
A ----------------
E ----------------
 Part 1
 Times were so tough,
 But not as tough as they are now.
 Fill 1
 We were so close,
 And nothing came between us,
 Not the world,
 No personal  situations
 **Fill 2**
 Part 2
 Thick as thieves us,
 We'll stick together for all time,
 Fill 1
 And we meant it,
 But it turned out just for a while,
 We stole,
 The friendship  that bound us together.
 Fill 2
 Part 3
 We stole  from the schools and their libraries,
 We stole  from the drugs that sent  us to sleep,
 We stole  from the drink that made  us sick,
 We stole anything  that we  couldn't keep,
 And it was  enough,
 We didn't  have to spoil anything,
 We'd allways  be,
 As thick as thieves.
 Fill 1
 Part 4
 Like a perfect stranger,
 You came into my life.
 And like a perfect lone  ranger,
Rode  away, rode away,
 run away, run away.
 Part 5
 (Instrumental)
 Play the same as part 1+2
 Part 6
 We stole the love  from young girls in ivory  towers,
 We stole autumn  leaves and summer  showers,
 We stole the sun  and the wind that says you  are free,
 We stole eveyrthing  that we  could see,
 But it wasn't  enough,
 And now  we've gone and spoilt  everything,
 Now we're  no longer,
 As thick as thieves.
 Part 7
 You came into my life
And  like a perfect stranger,
Walked  away, walked away
Walked  away, walked away
 Part 8
 Same as part 2
 Part 9
 We stole the burning sun in the open sky,
 We stole the twinkling stars in the black night,
 We stole the green belt they made us believe,
 We stole everything that we could see,
 But something came along and changed our minds,
 Now I don't know what and know why,
 But we seemed to grow up in a flash of time,
 As we watched our ideals heplessly unwind.
We're  no longer as thick  as thieves, no,
We're  not as thick as we used  to be, no,
We're  no longer as thick  as thieves, no,
We're  not as thick as we used  to be,
 No it wasn't  enough,
 And now  we've gone and spoilt  everything,
 Now we're  no longer,
 As thick as thieves.
Chord diagrams:
Asus26 Badd11 A B Ab5
e 0----0-----2------2--*--2---2------4--0-*----4---5----7----*--
B 2----0-----0------3--3--2---4------4--0-4----4---5----7----*--
G 2----2-----2------4--2--2---4------5--1-4----4---6----8----*--
D 2----2-----2------0--0--4---2------6--2-4----6---7----9----*--
A 0----0-----0------*--*--4---2------6--2-2----6---7----9----6--
E *----*-----*------*--*--2---*------4--0-*----4---5----7----4--

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Readable chord sheet for Thick As Thieves by The Jam

e ----------------
A ----------------
E ----------------

Part 1
[A] Times were so tough,
[D6] But not as tough as they are now.
Fill 1
[A] We were so close,
[D5] And nothing came between [F#m]us,
Not the [Badd11]world,
No [Ab]personal situ[E]ations
**Fill 2**

Part 2
[A] Thick as thieves us,
[D6] We'll stick together for all time,
Fill 1
[A] And we meant it,
[D5] But it turned out just for a [F#m]while,
We [B]stole,
The [Ab]friendship that bound us to[E]gether.
Fill 2

Part 3
We [A]stole from the schools and their [E]libraries,
We [A]stole from the drugs that sent[E] us to sleep,
We [A]stole from the drink that m[E]ade us sick,
We stole [A]anything that [E]we couldn't keep,
And it [F#m]was enough,
We [Abm]didn't have to spoil [A]anything,
We'd [B]allways be,
As thick as thieves.
Fill 1

Part 4
[C#m]  Like a perfect stra[Ab5]nger, [A]            [B]
[C#m]  You came into my [Ab5]life. [A]            [B]
[C#m]  And like a perfect l[A]one ranger,
[B]Rode away, rode away,

run away, run away.

Part 5
(Instrumental)
Play the same as part 1+2

Part 6
We stole the [A]love from young girls in iv[E]ory towers,
We stole [A]autumn leaves and [E]summer showers,
We stole the [A]sun and the wind that says y[E]ou are free,
We stole [A]eveyrthing that [E]we could see,
But it [F#m]wasn't enough,
And [Abm]now we've gone and spoilt[A] everything,
Now [B]we're no longer,
As thick as thieves.

Part 7
[C#m]   [Ab5]   [A]           [B]
[C#m]  You came into my [Ab5]life  [A]             [B]
[C#m]And like a perfect st[A]ranger,
[B]Walked away, walked away
[G#5]Walked away, walked away

Part 8
Same as part 2

Part 9
We stole the burning sun in the open sky,
We stole the twinkling stars in the black night,
We stole the green belt they made us believe,
We stole everything that we could see,
But something came along and changed our minds,
Now I don't know what and know why,
But we seemed to grow up in a flash of time,
As we watched our ideals heplessly unwind.
[A]We're no longer as [E]thick as thieves, no,
[A]We're not as thick as we u[E]sed to be, no,
[A]We're no longer as [E]thick as thieves, no,
[A]We're not as thick as we u[E]sed to be,
No it [F#m]wasn't enough,
And [Abm]now we've gone and spoilt[A] everything,
Now [B]we're no longer,
As thick as thieves.
[A]
[E]

Chord diagrams:
  [A]    [Asus2] Asus26 [D6] [D5] [F#m] Badd11 [Ab] [E] [B]    [Abm] A         B         [Ab5]
e 0----0-----2------2--*--2---2------4--0-*----4---5----7----*--
B 2----0-----0------3--3--2---4------4--0-4----4---5----7----*--
G 2----2-----2------4--2--2---4------5--1-4----4---6----8----*--
D 2----2-----2------0--0--4---2------6--2-4----6---7----9----*--
A 0----0-----0------*--*--4---2------6--2-2----6---7----9----6--
E *----*-----*------*--*--2---*------4--0-*----4---5----7----4--

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