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[Intro]
 C   Am   Fx2
 Em   G   Amx4
 Em   C   C#   D#x4
F G Am D#
F G Am Bb
F G Am F D# Bb
[Verse 1]
COne day in spring, it was Amgym class
That was the Fonly class Shane passed
[Pre-Chorus 1]
EmHe was Gscaling the Amrope
EmSome cool Gkid cracked a Amjoke
EmOh man, he was Gmad, it was like his ears Amsmoked
[Chorus]
And I saw FShane, and everyone was Cpushing him
And you could Freally Emfeel his Dmpain
And then before you knew it
All of a sudden there were these Fflames
A fire started Cin the school
That took a Fhundred Clives Dmaway
[Verse 2]
CLife is real tough when your Amparents
Don't Fwant you
CLife can be tough when your Amgirlfriend
Don't Fwant you
[Pre-Chorus 2]
EmDaisy was Ghis last Amhope
EmBut she thought GShane a big Amjoke
Em"Well we'll see Gwho's the big Amjoke when
EmThat school Ggoes up in Amsmoke!"
[Chorus]
And I saw FShane, and everyone was Cpushing him
And you could Freally Emfeel his Dmpain
And it was right then
You started to see these, like, Fflames
A fire started Cin the school
That took a Fhundred Clives Dmaway
[Bridge]
   BmAnd oh whoa when he Fstruck the match
To make the big Cpayback he said
G"Shananananananana"
He thought, "FWe're all so wrong"
And he Ccried alone and he went
G"Shananananananana"
And the Fgirl and the kids
And all that Chis parents did, he said
G"Shananananananana"
Ooh he thought, "FWe're all so wrong"
And with this he'd Cfinally have won and baby now
G"Shananananananana" Oh no no
But it Fincreased the pain, Cpoor poor Shane
G"Shananananananana"
FPoor poor Shane, Cpoor poor Shane
G"Shananananananana"
But it Fincreased the pain, Cpoor poor Shane
G"Shananananananana"
And he Fran and he and he CranG  
And he Fran and he Cran
And he Gran
He Fincreased their painC  
G"Shananananananana"
  FAnd the kids and all that his Cfamily did
Just to Gincrease the pain
And then he ran Faway
[Instrumental Break]
C Am F
[Outro]
CLife is can be tough when Amyou'reF  
CLife, life is so tough when Amno one Fwants you
CLife is real tough when just about Amno one at all Cwants you

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The Fire

by The Lemon Twigs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C Am F

Em G Am

Em C C# D#

F G Am D#

F G Am Bb

F G Am F D# Bb

[Verse 1]

C Am

One day in spring, it was gym class

That was the only class Shane passed

[Pre-Chorus 1]

Em G Am

He was scaling the rope

Em G Am

Some cool kid cracked a joke

Em G Am

Oh man, he was mad, it was like his ears smoked

[Chorus]

F C

And I saw Shane, and everyone was pushing him

F Em Dm

And you could really feel his pain

And then before you knew it

All of a sudden there were these flames

A fire started in the school

F C Dm

That took a hundred lives away

[Verse 2]

C Am

Life is real tough when your parents

Don't want you

C Am

Life can be tough when your girlfriend

Don't want you

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Em G Am

Daisy was his last hope

Em G Am

But she thought Shane a big joke

Em G Am

"Well we'll see who's the big joke when

Em G Am

That school goes up in smoke!"

[Chorus]

F C

And I saw Shane, and everyone was pushing him

F Em Dm

And you could really feel his pain

And it was right then

You started to see these, like, flames

A fire started in the school

F C Dm

That took a hundred lives away

[Bridge]

Bm F

And oh whoa when he struck the match

To make the big payback he said

"Shananananananana"

He thought, "We're all so wrong"

And he cried alone and he went

"Shananananananana"

And the girl and the kids

And all that his parents did, he said

"Shananananananana"

Ooh he thought, "We're all so wrong"

And with this he'd finally have won and baby now

"Shananananananana" Oh no no

F C

But it increased the pain, poor poor Shane

"Shananananananana"

F C

Poor poor Shane, poor poor Shane

"Shananananananana"

F C

But it increased the pain, poor poor Shane

"Shananananananana"

F C G

And he ran and he and he ran

F C

And he ran and he ran

And he ran

F C

He increased their pain

"Shananananananana"

F C

And the kids and all that his family did

Just to increase the pain

And then he ran away

[Instrumental Break]

C Am F

[Outro]

C Am F

Life is can be tough when you're

C Am F

Life, life is so tough when no one wants you

C Am C

Life is real tough when just about no one at all wants you

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