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Gmajor
90BPM
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Key: G  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G- 320033
D- xx0232
Em- 022000
C- x32010
Am- x02210
Bm- x24432
F- 133211
F#- 244322
Bb- x13331
Eb- 68886
Verse 1:
Bm--D-G  
Stop the wrecking ball
Bm--D-G  
Are you getting off?
Bm--D- G  C  
This course in melodrama
Bm--D-G  
Wake me when it's over
Bm--D-G  
Thin skin we're whipped again
Bm--D-G  
They're merciless
Flag wavers Cprey and prosper
Bm--D-G  
Escape with me father
Come on Am   Bmcome GonAm  Bm  
Chorus 1:
CYou and I have been around
Beaten up run out of town
Don't say G"God's planned
the Amworld we live Bmin
GTake what you can Amget" it's Bmwritten
CEarth shakes and waters rise
A plague hits my
lover dies And you say
G"Best of all Ampossible Bmworlds
GGet by while it Amall unBmfurls"
Verse 2:
Bm--D-G  
Syphilis aren't
you sick of this
Bm--D-G  
Give me a hand
Bm--D-G  
To the taking
Cback of our fate
Bm--D-G  
Believe in another
There's a little
Bm--D-G  
patch of land there
Bm--D-G  
Just up ahead
Slow and steady Cwe can prosper
Bm--D-G  
Trot on with me father
Come on Am   Bmcome GonAm  Bm  
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Interlude: G--F--Am--F#-- x2
Bridge:
GThis land Fneeds tiling
AmCome on and F#help out
GThe piFrate swine
AmWe'll bluff and F#cop out
Goh Fyeah!!!
Am(hold)
Your worlds just burn out
Chorus 2:
CYou and I have been around
Beaten up run out of town
Don't say G"God's planned
the Amworld we live Bmin
GTake what you can Amget" it's Bmwritten
CTragic comic repartee
This schlep has
had it's day I say
GGet by or Amyou're a Bmgoner
GHands on and Amwe'll get Bmstronger
GGet by or Amyou're a Bmgoner
GHands on and Amwe'll get Bmstronger
Guitar Solo: G--Bb-F--Em-Eb-D-Eb--F--Bb-Am-G- x2
Outro:
GOh The waBbter Fhas sEmpat Ebus Dout
Eb  FCoast is Bbclear Am   GaGgain
Hush up BbnowF  
And Emdon't Ebget DboredEb  
Work Fa-Bbway
Am  G(hold)
We're on the mend
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