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                             3x
E |--------------------     ------------|
B |-------2--------2---     -----0------|
G |--2--------2--------     ------------|     2x
D |--------------------     ------------|
A |--------------------     ------------|
E |--2--------2--------     -----0------|

F#m                                E
Paved was his road with the golden bricks
             F#m
To the glory and the fame.
D          A          E        F#m
Yesterday's hero sits quiet and low.
F#m                       E            C#  C  C#
Promises of future lies shattered like broken glass.

F#m                  E
Lonely and crippled roaming in
                F#m
Gutters like a shadow of his past.
D           A     E           F#m
Reminiscing along nostalgia's lane.
F#m                     E        C#   C    C#
Telling the children stories is his only joy.

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 E                       G#
Shyly sneaking through crowds
                         G#
Almost unnoticed passing by.
 C#m     A              B      C#m
Prince of misfortunate fate is he.
E
Enduring poverty's yoke
     G#
With a bitter sigh.
   C#m    B      C#
A Beggar Hero he is.

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F#m                     E
Once a brave captain now but a
                   F#m
Fallen knight of misery and pain.

D                A         E               F#m
Starving through days and freezing through nights.
F#m                            E          C#  C   C#
Seeing the young soldiers walk by with a mocking smile.

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 E                       G#
Shyly sneaking through crowds
                         G#
Almost unnoticed passing by.
 C#m     A              B      C#m
Prince of misfortunate fate is he.
E
Enduring poverty's yoke
     G#
With a bitter sigh.
   C#m    B      C#
A Beggar Hero he is.

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