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Beautiful song, but the guitar part is really easy.
Simply D, F#m, G,  Drepeated throughout the song.
DOur nest egg may be rotten
F#mAnd all our dreams forgotten
GBut I am not down-trodden
DI'm a floatin'
DAnd you might say I'm a driftin'
F#mJust a sifter out siftin'
GBut the point is listenin'
DOn the way
DAnd now my bow is a listin'
F#mThere’s no oil in my piston
GAnd the shot I fire is missin'
DThe mark
[Bridge] same D, F#, G,  Dpattern
DIt's a lie
F#mIt's a lie
GIt's a lie that you gotta be the big man
DThe big man in this world
DIt's a lie
F#mOh it's a lie
GIt's a lie that you gotta be the big man
DThe big man in this world
DAnd now our nest egg's rotten
F#mBut our love is not forgotten
GAnd I am not a down-trodden
DI'm a floatin'

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Nest Egg

by The Phoenix Foundation

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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F#m

Beautiful song, but the guitar part is really easy.

D F#m G D

Simply , , , repeated throughout the song.

Our nest egg may be rotten

F#m

And all our dreams forgotten

But I am not down-trodden

I'm a floatin'

And you might say I'm a driftin'

F#m

Just a sifter out siftin'

But the point is listenin'

On the way

And now my bow is a listin'

F#m

There’s no oil in my piston

And the shot I fire is missin'

The mark

D F# G D

[Bridge] same , , , pattern

It's a lie

F#m

It's a lie

It's a lie that you gotta be the big man

The big man in this world

It's a lie

F#m

Oh it's a lie

It's a lie that you gotta be the big man

The big man in this world

And now our nest egg's rotten

F#m

But our love is not forgotten

And I am not a down-trodden

I'm a floatin'

About Nest Egg Chords by The Phoenix Foundation

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