One by one (video)

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Pontius Pilate came to our town,

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up to the dockyards to see the picket line.

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We asked him to help but he just turned around,

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he's the leader of the union now.

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Leader of the union, all of our questions he igno......red,

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he washed his hands and he dreamed of his reward,

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a seat in the House of Lords.

+ Bm ~ ~ + Bm - Em - F#m - Bm (2x)

D Em C Bm

One by one the ships come sailing in.

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One by one the ships go sailing out.

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1. We live for words and die for words, principles we can afford,

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when all our brothers turn to Lords, whose side are you on ?

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You tell the world your hands are tied, history three times denied,

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a sea of changes three miles wide, whose side are you on ?

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One by one the ships come sailing in.

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One by one the ships go sailing out.

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2. This conspiracy of shame, murder by some other name,

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play up and play the game, whose side are you on ?

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If any ask us why we died, we tell them that our leaders lied,

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sold us out down the riverside, whose side are you on ?

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One by one the ships come sailing in.

D Em C Bm

One by one the ships go sailing out.

+ Bm - Em - F#m - Bm (2x)

+ CHORUS (3x) + D - Em - C - Bm

(orig. = capo 4th) (Chumbawamba)