F G
C (x6)
F G
C (x2)

[Verse 1]
C
When I was a little child
C
What you'd call a runaway
F                        G
Find me with a latch and key
C
Crawling in the dirt
C
There's a problem just for me
C
I have a thousand worlds to see
F                      G
Always one for running wild
C
And dressing up to be like you

[Chorus]
C
Oh Vanity, oh vanity
C
Will keep me from insanity
     F                          G
This heart of mine would rather die
C
Than live a life of humanity

[Instrumental]
C (x4) F G
C (x6) F G
C (x2)

[Verse 2]
C
And now I'm all grown up to be
C
A paranoid schizophenic
   F                           G
My friends are all like me and you
C
I cannot tell 'em what to do
C
There's another world to see
C
Lie down with dogs and you'll get fleas
     F                      G
When Paris gave her hand to me
C
It felt like an eternity
C
Now as I feel I'm growing up
C
It's like a drug, It's like a drug
F                         G
Oh promise me, oh promise me
C
You'll save the one last dance for me
F                         G
Oh promise me, oh promise me
C
You'll save the one last dance for me

[Instrumental]

C (x4)

[Bridge]
F                         G
Oh promise me, oh promise me
C
You'll save the one last dance for me
F                 G
Oh Vanity, oh vanity
C
You'll save the one last dance for me

[Instrumental]

C (x4) F G
C (x6)

[Outro]
F                         G
Oh promise me, oh promise me
C
You'll save the one last dance for me
F                         G
Oh promise me, oh promise me
C
You'll save the one last dance for me