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Clean Cut Kid

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Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
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| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Verse 1]
D7Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
AdD7just to what, a dream that bust?
He was a A7clean-cut kid
Well, they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
| D7| % | % | % |
| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Verse 2]
They said what’s D7up is down, they said what isn’t is
They put iD7deas in his head he thought were his
He was a A7clean-cut kid
But they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
| D7| % | % | % |
| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Verse 3]
He was on the D7baseball team, he was in the marching band
When he was D7ten years old he had a watermelon stand
He was a A7clean-cut kid
They D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
| D7| % | % | % |
| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Bridge 1]
They said, “GListen boy, you’re just a pup”
They sent him to a D7napalm health spa to shape up
They gave him E7dope to smoke, drinks and pills
A A7jeep to drive, blood to spill
[Verse 4]
They said “ConD7gratulations, you got what it takes”
They sent him D7back into the rat race without any brakes
He was a A7clean-cut kid
They D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
| D7| % | % | % |
| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Bridge 2]
He bought the AGmerican dream but it put him in debt
The only D7game he could play was Russian roulette
He drank E7Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
Ate A7Burger Kings, he was well fed
[Verse 5]
He went to D7Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole
He stole a D7Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
They took a A7clean-cut kid
And they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
| D7| % | % | % |
| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Bridge 3]
He could’ve Gsold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
Could’ve D7been an accountant or a tennis star
He was E7wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
Off the A7Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
[Verse 6]
His mama D7walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans
They gotta D7sleep together in a home they don’t own
They took a A7clean-cut kid
And they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
| D7| % | % | % |
| A7| % | D7| % |
(break)
[Bridge 4]
Well, Geverybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
D7All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
They E7took his head and turned it inside out
He A7never did know what it was all about
[Verse 7] + coda
He had a D7steady job, he joined the choir
He D7never did plan to walk the high wire
They took a A7clean-cut kid
And they D7made a killer out of him, that’s what they D7did
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