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Home Run King

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WEell I Bsaw it clear today that we were all more than  only  refEugees
And the Bheads of state called out all of their reserves
So they could postpone World War IEII
C#mI can hear the morning crier yellin read all about it  here's theB  
truth
You are F#meither just the newspaper Aboy or you're Beither Babe ERuth
ENow Bhow could we have been  put upon this planet
Fools enough to think that we could Ebe
The Bfirst to form a civilized envolvement from the charismatic sEea
C#mThere's a ten year old in the alley
Throws a hard ball off the wall that is the Btruth
He knows you're F#meither just the newspaper Aboy or you're Beither BabeE  
Ruth
The home run king
SOLO
We Bcan all dream up some explicit rationalized dream
Of exactly who we Eare
BWhile the rockin rolling home run king
Keeps the black madonna sleepin with a sEtar
C#mNow it doesn't matter how much bread you can spend
So you can hold the center bBooth
You are F#meither just the newspaper Aboy or you're Beither Babe ERuth

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Home Run King

by Gene Clark

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C#m

F#m

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E B E

Well I saw it clear today that we were all more than only refugees

And the heads of state called out all of their reserves

So they could postpone World War III

C#m B

I can hear the morning crier yellin read all about it here's the

truth

F#m A B E

You are either just the newspaper boy or you're either Babe Ruth

E B

Now how could we have been put upon this planet

Fools enough to think that we could be

B E

The first to form a civilized envolvement from the charismatic sea

C#m

There's a ten year old in the alley

Throws a hard ball off the wall that is the truth

F#m A B E

He knows you're either just the newspaper boy or you're either Babe

Ruth

The home run king

SOLO

We can all dream up some explicit rationalized dream

Of exactly who we are

While the rockin rolling home run king

Keeps the black madonna sleepin with a star

C#m

Now it doesn't matter how much bread you can spend

So you can hold the center booth

F#m A B E

You are either just the newspaper boy or you're either Babe Ruth

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