Tonalità: Gb major
Verse 1
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Well Major Oak is an ancient tree in the middle
of Sherwood Forest,
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Its over a thousand years old and it's
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still got acorns on it.
The life expectancy of an Oak tree
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is about 300 years,
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And that's why Major Oak is so revere.
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So try to cast
Verse 2
your mind back
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to a thousand years ago,
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A bird dropped an acorn into the
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ground and that tree it starts to grow,
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This was back in the middle ages when
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[?] the Great was king,
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Seven- hundred years before Newton
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[?] the apple tree.
Well this tree grew big,
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this tree grew strong,
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this tree stood its ground,
It was voted England's
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favourite tree in 2012.
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An d it stands as a symbol
of history and patience,
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No one in their right mind
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would ever try and hurt it.
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Well
Verse 3
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[?] Group Limited
are a privately owned
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Multi- national chemical
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company based in Switzerland.
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With links to oil and petrol
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and private equity,
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Tax avoiding billionaires obsessed
with making money,
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They've polluted a few rivers
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and produced a lot of plastic,
Closed a few pensions to keep
the board members happy.
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And they really fucking love
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drilling holes into the ground,
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Surveying for gas and then
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fracking for [?].
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Their business and their arrogance obscures
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their right and wrong,
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They couldn't give a toss what
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the public want.
Verse 4
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So when you and me see a beautiful tree,
They get blinded by their greed,
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And if there is money to be made,
Do you think they're gonna let
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an ancient tree stand in their way?
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Its nothing sacred
Verse 5
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anymore.
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And is this a cause we deem
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worth fighting for?
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The world is being plundered by
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the greedy and dishonest,
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And maybe now in order
to save ourselves,
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We need to save Sherwood Forest.
Verse 6
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And they said "Oh no no no no no,
we're not actually gonna
frack in the forest,
we just wanna do a survey,
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we promise we won't touch your pre
"Yeah well that sounds
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like bullshit to me,
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what d'you wanna do
a fucking survey for?
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Everybody knows
what you're looking for.
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And everybody knows
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if the survey says yes
then pretty soon the drilling
will commence."
They got targets to meet,
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they can't see past it.
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They don't care about the damage
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they're doing to the planet.
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They make £34billion a year my friend,
They got yachts to upkeep,
neighbours to offend,
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So when you and me see a beautiful tree,
Verse 7
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They get blinded by their greed.
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And if there is money to be made,
Do you think they're gonna let
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an ancient tree stand in their way?
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Verse 8
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Its nothing sacred anymore
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And is this a cause we deem
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worth fighting for?
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The world is being plundered by
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the greedy and dishonest,
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And maybe now in order to save ourselves,
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We need to save Sher
Verse 9
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Now I like electricity like everybody does,
I got a fully charged phone
and lights on my house,
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I understand its gotta come
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from somewhere,
But we all know
that there's options out there.
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More wind farms, more solar panels,
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Look at Sweden, look at Denmark,
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Living proof that society
can survive
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whilst being environmentally friendly.
But we're stuck here in a carbon bubble,
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With fossil fuels and a chest infection,
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So lets try and make Major Oak the
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tree that breaks the council's back,
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So come and see the beautiful tree,
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Tell the evil company,
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That you wanna save the tree.
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