( C#m  B6  F#m7  G#m7 )

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Many, too many have stood where I stand
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Many more will stand here too
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I think what I find strange is the way you built me up
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Then knocked me down again

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The part was fun but now it's over
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Why can't I just leave the stage?
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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?
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I thought I was lucky, I thought that I'd got it made
            F#m7   G#
How could I be so blind?

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You said goodbye on a corner
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That I thought led to the straight
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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?

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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 )