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In an age when billionaire businessmen are giving themselves a bad name, Vichai stood out like a beacon of light. He purchased Leicester City Football Club in 2010 and renamed the stadium after his duty free business in Thailand “King Power”. Vichai was a Buddhist and a strong believer in “karma” and it was not long before this began to work at the club with promotions from League 1 and the Championship and a “great escape” to Premier League survival in 2015. Incredibly Leicester City won the Premier League title in 2016 having defied bookies odds of 5000/1. They followed this up with reaching the semi-final of the Champions League the following season. With all this success Vichai was keen to stress the ethos of Leicester as a “family club” and always expressed his gratitude to the fans for their support of the team, donating generously to local charities. He was such a contrast to the many club owners who seem remote and unconcerned about the fans. Ex Arsenal striker and pundit Ian Wright described Vichai as the “benchmark” of what a club owner should be. The whole of the city was in shock when he was tragically killed along with the helicopter pilot and his girl friend and members of Vichai’s staff in October 2018. Vichai’s son Aiyawatt (Top) is at this time continuing his father’s legacy and the “karma” is still good.

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Sea of Blue – key D (C capo 2)
C/C+.
1. (C)Even now we pinch ourselves to (Dm)check that we’re wake,
And (G)this reality is not a (C) dream;
You had the vision there to put the (F) icing on the cake
And (G)take us to a place we’d never (C)been.

We(Am) were in such a dark place, like (Em) drowning at sea,
Not (F) realizing what we could a (Gsus) chieve (G),
But (C) you woke us (F) up like (G)thunder in the (F) night,
And (Dm)taught us what it was to truly (Gsus) believe (G).

If you’d (C)flown us to the (F)moon and back, we (C)would have taken that (G)in
As we (C)sailed along that)(F)fast track, (C) carried on the (G)wind
(E7)There was nothing that we couldn’t (F)(D7)do you (Fm)left us floating(G) on a sea of (C)blue.
G/Am/Em/F/G/C/C+
2. (C)We always said that sly old (Dm) fox would never ever quit,
Though (G) odds were stacked at 5,000 to (C)one (C+),
(C)But you took us to that land of sus(F)pended belief,
To (G)where we would stand second to (C)none.

(Am)All through our parting and those(Em) bitter tears we shed
Those(F) scars will heal in due course of ()Gsus)time (G),
But (C) you will (F)stay for(G)ever in our(F) hearts
And (Dm)keep the faith there in those ties that(G) bind.

If you’d (C)flown us to the(F) moon and back, we(F) would have taken that(G) in
As we (G) sailed along that (F)fast track, (C)carried on the (G)wind
You (E7) sowed the seeds and watched them as they(F)grew(D7), in(Fm)to a never(G)ending sea of (C)(G)(Am)(F)blue, in(C)to a never (G)ending sea of(C) blue

3. Though (C) most of us never learned (Dm)how to say your name ,
That (G) didn’t seem to bother us at (C)all,
And for (C)all those who said “it’s (F)only a game”
Or (G)talked up pride before a (C)fall

And (Am) all through that long season (Em) engraved upon our hearts,
(F)Fearless was the word you carved in (Gsus)stone (G),
As (C)giant repu(F)tations lay (G)humbled on the(F) ground,
And (Dm)football was truly coming (Gsus)home (G).

If you’d(C) flown us to the(F) moon and back, we (C)would have taken that(G)in
As we (C) sailed along that (F)fast track, (C)carried on the (G)wind

To(E7)getherness will always see us (F)through(D7), and turn a (Fm)world of darkness (G)to a sea of(C) blue(G)(C)(F) a (C)world of darkness (Gsus)to a (G)sea of(C) blue
We (E7)did the impossible thanks to (F)you (D7)(Fm)remembered always(G#m) in a sea of (C)blue(G)(Am)(F)re(C)membered always(Gsus) in a sea of (C)blue.

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from Legends of Leicester and Leicestershire - volume 2, released November 15, 2020

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Dave Taylor Leicester, UK

I write both serious and comedy songs. 6 solo CDs to date and collaborations with Steve Cartwright -"Legends of Leicester/Leicestershire". "All at Sea" shantyish album. Folk based for the most part - when people ask where the ideas come from I can say with honesty -"not drugs!!".. Currently working on a new album "Aspects of Lurve" hopefully out later in 2024. ... more

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