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             WATCH THE WORLD GOING BY
                 IRON BUTTERFLY
INTRO:
G  G    G F#m Em Am
D  F#  Bm  Bm  Em   A Bm C D
VERSE:
Do I fGeel 
Like I shBmould?
Is there more?
Can I sAmteal
And pretDend it's just rewAmard.
Can I pEmad 
All the lAmove I've never had
As I 
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby.G  
VERSE:
Am I sGoon?
Or Bmam I just too late.
Are your aAmrms 
For prevDenting my escAmape?
What we fEmound 
Isn't lAmove but isn't hate
As we 
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby.G  
CHORUS:
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby-Emy.
  CTimes we've lDost 
Were tBmimes we've never tEmried.
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby.G  
INSTRUMENTAL:
G F#m Em Am
D  F#  Bm  Bm  Em   A Bm C D
VERSE:
You begGin 
And you gBmive like there's no end 
SomewAmhere, someday.
As you sDtop to break away.
But do Emyou see
All the thAmings that meet the eyes
When you 
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby-y-y-y
OUTRO:
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby-Emy
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby.G  
  CWatch the woDrld going Gby-Emy
C D G G
C D G

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Watch The World Going By

by Iron Butterfly

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F#m

WATCH THE WORLD GOING BY

IRON BUTTERFLY

INTRO:

G G G F#m Em Am

D F# Bm Bm Em A Bm C D

VERSE:

Do I feel

Like I should?

Is there more?

Can I steal

D Am

And pretend it's just reward.

Can I pad

All the love I've never had

As I

C D G G

Watch the world going by.

VERSE:

Am I soon?

Or am I just too late.

Are your arms

D Am

For preventing my escape?

What we found

Isn't love but isn't hate

As we

C D G G

Watch the world going by.

CHORUS:

C D G Em

Watch the world going by-y.

C D

Times we've lost

Bm Em

Were times we've never tried.

C D G G

Watch the world going by.

INSTRUMENTAL:

G F#m Em Am

D F# Bm Bm Em A Bm C D

VERSE:

You begin

And you give like there's no end

Somewhere, someday.

As you stop to break away.

But do you see

All the things that meet the eyes

When you

C D G

Watch the world going by-y-y-y

OUTRO:

C D G Em

Watch the world going by-y

C D G G

Watch the world going by.

C D G Em

Watch the world going by-y

C D G G

C D G

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