5-4-3-2-1
Manfred Mann
Written by Mike Hugg, Manfred Mann and Paul Jones; released as a single
with "Without You" as the B-side.
Intro:
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one.
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Verse:
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Al - ways on - ward, rode the six hundred,
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Down the val - ley on the horses they thundered,
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five, four, three, two, one Oh,
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but once down, they real - ly blun - dered,
they're
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A - ha, it was the Man - freds!
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Verse:
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Five, four, three, two, one The
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sol - diers waited at the gate for weeks,
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five, four, three, two, one In a
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woo - den horse to the ci- ty they sneaked,
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Who let them in, who was it, the Greeks?
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A - ha, it was the Man - freds!
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A - ha, it was the Man - freds!
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Outro:
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Five, four,
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three, two,
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one.
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