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E       A
He had roast beef for his last meal
       D                           A
His brothers went to market and to home
E       A
He was cut off from his family
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Because he wanted to find freedom on his own
             E                 D
He saw his big chance for an escape
       E                 D
In helicopter rotating blades
           A              D
And said goodbye to the pigsty
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Quick as a guillotine he was gone

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All his brother’s jealous hearts were broken
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‘Cause something was afoot there in that shoe
F#m                  D
But they all stuck together
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‘Cause there’s nothing they could do

              A
He went from right there in the middle
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To smack dab in the center of attention
E       A
He was picked up, he was cradled
             D                        A
He was given his own freezer bag to live in
             E                 D
And for the first time in his long life
             E                 D
He felt the sunshine on every side
           A              D
So he set sail like a hangnail
      E4               E       A   E/G#
And waved back to the shore goodbye

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His brothers always said it was so crowded
A/C#                 D                  E
Well maybe now they’d finally have some space
F#m                  D
But they were out of balance there
   C#4              F#m  Bm  E4  E
without him in his place

           F#m         Bm
So he came back from vacation
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Out of family obligation
      F#m                      Bm
And rejoined with those four vandals
         A             E4  E  E4  E
For the sake of wearing sandals

        A
Now we can’t say he did not try
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He gave up all his chances to be free
     E            A
But once you’ve felt that kind of sunshine
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You can’t go back to the way you used to be
           E               D
So when I look down and remember
               E             D
Something’s missing in the middle
         A           D
May it always be a symbol
     E4       E      A
One day that will be me