A new England    (1985)     (video)

 

    C ~ ~     +  C - G - F - C

 

                 C

1. I was twenty one years when I wrote this song,

              G                             Am

    I‘m twenty two now, but I won‘t be for long,

       F                                                 C

    people ask when will I grow up to understand,

                       G                                          F                                - C

    why all the girls I knew at school are already pushing prams.

 

         C

2. I loved you then as I love you still,

                    G                                       Am

    though I put you on a pedestal, you put me on the pill,

         F                            C

    I don‘t feel bad about letting you go,

       G                           F

    I just feel sad about letting you know.

 

              F                             C                                               Am                                                                                      

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England.

                F                            E     - G - F

Are you looking for another girl ?  

              F                             C                                              Am

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England,

               F                            C

are you looking for another girl ?

 

       C

3. I loved the words you wrote to me,

             G                      Am

    but that was bloody yesterday.

        F                           C

    I can‘t survive on what you send,

      G                       F             - C

    every time you need a frie….nd.

 

         C

4. I saw two shooting stars last night,

 

    I wished on them, but they were only satellites,

              F                         C 

    it‘s wrong to wish on space hardware,

        G                    F

    I wish, I wish, I wish you‘d care.

 

              F                             C                                               Am                                                                                     

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England.

                F                            E     - G - F

Are you looking for another girl ?  

              F                             C                                              Am

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England,

               F                            Bb

are you looking for another girl ?

 

+  Bb ~ ~

 

              D

5. My dreams were full of strange ideas,

             A                       Bm

    my mind was set despite my fears,

           G                      D                    A                         G           - D 

    but other things got in the way, I never asked that boy to sta….y.

       D                                           A                    Bm

    Once upon a time at home, I sat beside the telephone,

       G                                  D

    waiting for someone to pull me through,

                   A                              G

    when at last it didn‘t ring, I knew it wasn‘t you.

 

              G                             D                                               Bm                                                       

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England.

                G                           F#     - A - G

Are you looking for another girl ?  

              G                             D                                              Bm

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England,

               G                             - A

are you looking for another ?

                                             D                                               Bm

I don‘t want to change the world, I‘m not looking for a new England.

               G                            D

are you looking for another girl ?

 

       G                            D     G                           D

+  Looking for another girl, looking for another girl,

     G                             D - G - D - G

    looking for another gi…………….rl.

 

+  D - G - D - G (3x) …

 

 

    (Kirsty MacColl)