Key: C
Introduction:
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7
Many, too many have stood where I stand
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7
Many more will stand here too
F# C#/F D#m7
I think what I find strange is the way you built me up
G/D G F#6
Then knocked me down again
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7
The part was fun but now it's over
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7
Why can't I just leave the stage?
F# C#/F D#m7
Maybe that's because you securely locked me up
G/D G D
Then threw away the key
Em7/D D Em7/D
Oh, mama, please would you find the key?
D Em7/D D Em7/D D F#m/C#
Oh, pretty mama, please won't you let me go free?
B F#m7 B F#m7 B
I thought I was lucky, I thought that I'd got it made
F#m7 G#
How could I be so blind?
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7
You said goodbye on a corner
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7
That I thought led to the straight
F# C#/F D#m7
You set me on a firmly laid and simple course
G/D G D
And then removed the road
Em7/D D Em7/D
Oh, mama, please help me find my way
D Em7/D D Em7/D D F#m/C#
Oh, pretty mama, please lead me through the next day
B F#m7 B F#m7 B
I thought I was lucky, oh, I thought that I'd got it made
F#m7 G#
How could I be so blind?
C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7 C#m B6 F#m7 G#m7 F# C#/F D#m7 G/D G F#6
Oh, oh