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+<code>
+The Anglo-Saxons
+by The Mountain Goats
+tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
+      and Andy Moskowitz
+john: "we'd like to dedicate this song to our friends, the former
+inhabitants of the british isles!"
+ e            a                  e    a e
+ they used to paint their bodies blue
+ a                         e
+ a couple of them might be distantly related to you.
+ b            a           e
+ according to ceasar they shaved their entire bodies,
+ b              a                 e    a e
+ except for the upper lip and the head
+            a    e      a e
+ yeah, the anglo-saxons
+            a    e      a e
+ yeah, the anglo-saxons
+ e              a
+ a sub-literate bunch of guys,
+       e                a
+ though some sources say otherwise.
+           e b   e
+ yeah, the anglo-saxons
+ e               a        e       a e
+ yeah, they were men on a mission,
+ a                            e
+ preserving their poetry by an oral tradition
+       b                 a
+ yeah, oral tradition is all you get
+       e
+ until saint augustine brought them the alphabet.
+             a   e      a e
+ yeah, the anglo-saxons
+            a    e      a e
+ yeah, the anglo-saxons,
+ e      a
+ in 1065 they were ragin'
+ e                    a
+ but 1066 brought the norman invasion.
+           e b   e
+ yeah, the anglo-saxons
+ go!
+ e! a e a e
+ a! e a e
+ b! a e a e
+ b! a e a e
+</code>

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