Poppy Day

C#m Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh C#m B E B You know the London street life's had its fill F#m A B Saturation overspill C#m B E B I start my car, head west until F#m A B I reach a little county town C#m B E B And in the tree lined suburbs, out in the sticks F#m A B I open up my bag of tricks C#m B E B There's a million more young lives to fix F#m A B Another deal goes down A E B C#m You know me I'm a big city matador A E B C#m I make my killing down the M4 corridor A E B C#m Strike up the band, today is poppy day F#m A B Coming to a town near you F#m A B A Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooooh C#m B E B See them hanging out by the old stone cross F#m A B One more carved name - no great loss C#m B E B I make a good living, I give no toss F#m B Then I'm heading back to town C#m B E B So when the radio talks about another new Czar F#m A B I laugh out loud in my brand new car C#m B E B The London sky, it calls from afar F#m A B My wheels of trade go round A E B C#m They stand in line as my drum beats reveille A E B C#m Instead of a medal, here's a spike and a tourniquet A E B C#m Strike up the band, today is poppy day F#m A B Coming to a town near you F#m A B Coming to a town near you A Take this petal, take this pin B Put that blood red honey under your skin A But I want my cut, I'll shake this tin B Let's begin C#m B E B So there's my best mate in Afghanistan F#m A B Fighting with the Paras, taking on the Taliban C#m B E B If anyone can sort those mothers out they can F#m A B The sons of Salisbury Plain C#m B E B He says it's just like walking through Flanders fields F#m A B Now the opium farmers have doubled their yields C#m B E B We bring them back on their comrade's shields F#m A B But here's a way to dull the pain A E B C#m So what's your poison? You choose A E B C#m Is it weed or wine, is it pills or booze? A E B C#m Strike up the band, today is poppy day F#m A B Coming to a town near you A E B C#m You know this war on drugs is such an abject failure A E B C#m You're trying to k**l bugs with a gun or a rapier A E B C#m Strike up the band, today is poppy day F#m A B Coming to a town near you F#m A B Coming to a town near you F#m A B Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooooh