UB40 - One In Ten
Author: Ali Campbell, Brian Travers, Earl Falconer, Jim Brown, Michael Virtue, Norman Hassan & Robin Ca
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Intro: x4
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G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7
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G#m D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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A number on a list
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D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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Even though I don't exist
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D#m7
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Nobody Knows me
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G#m
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Even though I'm always there
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D#m7
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A statistic, a reminder
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G#m
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Of a world that doesn't care
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Bridge: x2
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G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7
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G#m
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My arms enfold the dole queue
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D#m7
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Malnutrition dulls my hair
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G#m
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My eyes are black and lifeless
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D#m7
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With an underprivileged stare
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G#m
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I'm the beggar on the corner
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D#m7
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Will no-one spare a dime?
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G#m
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I'm the child that never
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D#m7
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Learns to read
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G#m
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'Cause no-one spared the time
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G#m D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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A number on a list
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D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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Even though I don't exist
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D#m7
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Nobody Knows me
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G#m
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Even though I'm always there
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D#m7
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A statistic, a reminder
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G#m
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Of a world that doesn't care
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Bridge: x2
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G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7
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G#m
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I'm the murderer and the victim
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D#m7
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The license with the gun
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G#m
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I'm a sad and bruised old lady
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D#m7
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In an ally in a slum
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G#m
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I'm a middle aged businessman
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D#m7
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With chronic heart disease
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G#m D#m7
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I'm another teenage suicide
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G#m
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In a street that has no trees
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G#m D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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A number on a list
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D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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Even though I don't exist
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D#m7
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Nobody Knows me
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G#m
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Even though I'm always there
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D#m7
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A statistic, a reminder
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G#m
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Of a world that doesn't care
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Bridge: x2
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G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7
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G#m
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I'm a starving third world mother
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D#m
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A refugee without a home
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G#m
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I'm a house wife hooked on Valium
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D#m7
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I'm a Pensioner alone
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G#m
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I'm a cancer ridden specter
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D#m7
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Covering the earth
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G#m
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I'm another hungry baby
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D#m7 G#m
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I'm an accident of birth
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G#m D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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A number on a list
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D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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Even though I don't exist
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D#m7
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Nobody Knows me
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G#m
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Even though I'm always there
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D#m7
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A statistic, a reminder
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G#m
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Of a world that doesn't care
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Bridge: x2
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G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7
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G#m D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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A number on a list
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D#m7
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I am the one in ten
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G#m
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Even though I don't exist
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D#m7
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Nobody Knows me
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G#m
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Even though I'm always there
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D#m7
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A statistic, a reminder
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Of a world that doesn't care
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| Bridge: |
| G#m D#m7 G#m G#m x4 |
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Ending: x8
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G#m D#m7 G#m D#m7
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