Biography:
The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962, in Leith). They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents. They have released eleven studio albums from 1987 until the present, as well as two compilation albums and a DVD.
Craig Reid and Charlie Reid were born in Leith, Scotland in 1962, and grew up in Edinburgh, Cornwall and Auchtermuchty.
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Other songs:
- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- Letter From America
- Sunshine On Leith
- Act Of Remembrance
- Beautiful Truth
- Cap In Hand
- Come On Nature
- Free Market
- I Hate My Love
- I Met You
- Im Gonna Be 500 Miles
- Im On My Way
- In My Home
- In Recognition
- Its Saturday Night
- King Of The Road
- Lady Luck
- Lets Get Married
- Life With You
- Like Comedy
- Make My Heart Fly
- Misty Blue
- My Old Friend The Blues
- Oh Jean
- Over And Done With
- Role Model
- Sean
- Spinning Around In The Air
- Streets Of Edinburgh
- Teardrops
- The Part That Really Matters
- Then I Met You
- Theres A Touch
- Throw The R Away
- What Do You Do
- What Makes You Cry
- When Youre In Love
- Whole Wide World
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NOTE: In the album track, the strumming is palm muted, and it sounds best if you palm mute pretty much every
chord in the song, and you might want to use 5th chords for the intro (G5, B5, C5, D5)
Have fun!
[Intro]
G Bm C D
G Bm C D
[Verse 1]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of a 100 million album sales
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your popularity
G Bm C D
You take your gaudy prize from people you said you despised
G Bm C G
You wear your self-respect upon your bended knee
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Verse 2]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your service to the working class
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your party loyalty
G Bm C D
You get an ermine robe and you declare when you are probed
G Bm C G
You only took it so the missus would be pleased
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Bridge]
Bm Em
Ohhhhhh Vanity
C D
It gets them one by one
Bm Em
Patronage and Monarchy
C D
And all they entail, rarely frail
[Verse 3]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your bravery up on the stage
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your bankability
G Bm C D
You get to wait in line with soldiers crippled by land mines
G Bm C G
And you think it's the yanks that don't get irony
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
G Bm C D
Their name
G Bm C D
Their name
G Bm C D
Their name
chord in the song, and you might want to use 5th chords for the intro (G5, B5, C5, D5)
Have fun!
[Intro]
G Bm C D
G Bm C D
[Verse 1]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of a 100 million album sales
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your popularity
G Bm C D
You take your gaudy prize from people you said you despised
G Bm C G
You wear your self-respect upon your bended knee
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Verse 2]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your service to the working class
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your party loyalty
G Bm C D
You get an ermine robe and you declare when you are probed
G Bm C G
You only took it so the missus would be pleased
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Bridge]
Bm Em
Ohhhhhh Vanity
C D
It gets them one by one
Bm Em
Patronage and Monarchy
C D
And all they entail, rarely frail
[Verse 3]
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your bravery up on the stage
G Bm C D
In Recognition of your bankability
G Bm C D
You get to wait in line with soldiers crippled by land mines
G Bm C G
And you think it's the yanks that don't get irony
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
[Chorus]
C D G
In spite of all your claims
C D G
It looks like you're just the same
C Cm Bm Em
As every other clown, who likes put the crown
C D G
Before or after their name
G Bm C D
Their name
G Bm C D
Their name
G Bm C D
Their name
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