Intro: F

        F
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         I       see    a           mansard   roof   through  the
        The       Argentines         collapse        in      defeat

        F
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     tree

        F
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         I       see    a         salty       message
        The     admiralty        surveys the

  Gm
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  written    in      the     eaves                          the
  remnants   of      the     fleet                          the

    C
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  ground           beneath       my      feet             The hot
  ground           beneath       their   feet             Is  a

  F                             Dm
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  garbage       and       concrete     And      now     the
    nautically           mapped sheet   As     thin as paper

  Gm                            C                               F
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  tops of buildings,            I       can     see     them too
        While it                slips    a     way       from view

the instrumental bit:

   F
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    Gm                      C
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