Key: C
Introduction:
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verse 1
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Here on the outskirts of life
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Dreams seldom come true
F G C G/B Am
Flippin' thru photographs emotional holographs
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Cutouts of all the figures you might've been
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Reflections of a life that you once lived
verse 2
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As the evening descends
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Your conscious of every breath
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And every moment is a crisis, I guess
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Starin' out the windows of your hotel room
C G/B Am
You lit one too many fires underneath that spoon
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Well I guess you deserve the chosen few
C Dm Am F
Real life, just out of view
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Well that's just here,
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On the outskirts
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Yea, that's here,
F C
On the outskirts of your life
GUITAR SOLO
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And there's a picture we've all seen
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It was taken in the lobby of the L.A. Ambassador Hotel
F C
It's the silhouette of a man in another's arms
F C G/B Am
So turn off your TVs, and let that train go home
C F
'Cause everyone warned you that California
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Wasn't goin' to be the end
Dm Am F
California wasn't gonna be the end.
verse 4
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And tell me where can you hide when
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the whole world is ugly and strange
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Yea tell me where you gonna turn when
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this whole world knows your name
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And these four walls are screamin'
C G/B Am
And all your friends were so deceiving
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Yea you forgot the lines of a part you rehearsed so well
C Dm Am F
Lyin' awake in the Brazilian Court Hotel
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But that's just here,
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On the outskirts
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Yea, that's here
F
On the outskirts,
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Of your life
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Of your life
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Of your life
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Of your life