Tom: C
C#m
B6
F#m7
G#m7
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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
C#m
B6
F#m7
G#m7
C#m
B6
F#m7
G#m7
F#
C#/F
D#m7
G/D
G
F#6
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