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Chords:
  Cmaj7:    x35453
  Cm(maj7): x35443
  Cm7:      x35343
[Verse]
GPeople can be mean and people can be nice
People can be any D/Asingle way you'd like
AmPeople can be meaner, people can be greener
Than you'd ever thought you'd Gknow
[Pre-Chorus]
CParis or Cmaj7London or Cm(maj7)New York or Cm7Mars
GPeople can be any single way they are
WheCrever you Cmaj7go you Cm(maj7)just have knowCm7___
DPeople can be mean or GniceD  G  
[Chorus]
GFloat Amfar away Bmfrom all the lights and the paint
CMake-up and curtain and stage
AGway from what you think you are
AAmway from who you think you are
ABmway from all the burnt down sights
ACway from all the sunken kites
[Verse]
GPeople can be big and people can be small
People can be any D/Asingle shape at all
AmPeople can be richer, people can be slicker
Than you'd ever thought you'd Gknow
[Pre-Chorus]
CDumpsters or Cmaj7mansions or Cm(maj7)boxes or Cm7barns
GEverybody lives underneath the stars
WherCever you Cmaj7go you Cm(maj7)just have knowCm7___
DPeople can be real or molds of GsteelD  G  
[Chorus]
GFloat Amfar away Bmfrom all the lights and the paint
CMake-up and curtain and stage
AGway from what you think you are
AAmway from who you think you are
ABmway from all the burnt down sights
ACway from all the sunken kites
[Bridge]
GFloat like a cloud in the stratosphere
AmFloat like a bubble in the mesosphere
BmFloat like a seahorse in the troposphere
AmFloat like whatCever you are
As Dlong as you're in the atmosGphere____Am______
[Chorus]
GFloat Amfar away Bmfrom all the lights and the paint
CMake-up and curtain and stage
AGway from what you think you are
AAmway from who you think you are
ABmway from all the burnt down sights
ACway from all the sunken kites

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People A Theory

by Katie Costello

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/A

Cmaj7

Cm(maj7)

Cm7

Chords:

Cmaj7: x35453

Cm(maj7): x35443

Cm7: x35343

[Verse]

People can be mean and people can be nice

D/A

People can be any single way you'd like

People can be meaner, people can be greener

Than you'd ever thought you'd know

[Pre-Chorus]

C Cmaj7 Cm(maj7) Cm7

Paris or London or New York or Mars

People can be any single way they are

C Cmaj7 Cm(maj7) Cm7

Wherever you go you just have know___

D G D G

People can be mean or nice

[Chorus]

G Am Bm

Float far away from all the lights and the paint

Make-up and curtain and stage

Away from what you think you are

Away from who you think you are

Away from all the burnt down sights

Away from all the sunken kites

[Verse]

People can be big and people can be small

D/A

People can be any single shape at all

People can be richer, people can be slicker

Than you'd ever thought you'd know

[Pre-Chorus]

C Cmaj7 Cm(maj7) Cm7

Dumpsters or mansions or boxes or barns

Everybody lives underneath the stars

C Cmaj7 Cm(maj7) Cm7

Wherever you go you just have know___

D G D G

People can be real or molds of steel

[Chorus]

G Am Bm

Float far away from all the lights and the paint

Make-up and curtain and stage

Away from what you think you are

Away from who you think you are

Away from all the burnt down sights

Away from all the sunken kites

[Bridge]

Float like a cloud in the stratosphere

Float like a bubble in the mesosphere

Float like a seahorse in the troposphere

Am C

Float like whatever you are

D G Am

As long as you're in the atmosphere__________

[Chorus]

G Am Bm

Float far away from all the lights and the paint

Make-up and curtain and stage

Away from what you think you are

Away from who you think you are

Away from all the burnt down sights

Away from all the sunken kites

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