Boy, I Wish I Was In Your Place chords by Brook Benton

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Verse 1
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They  (D major) used  (B minor) to call me one  (G major) lucky guy  (A major) 
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I  (D major)  (B minor) had everything that  (G major) 
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money could  (A major) buy  (D major) 
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And guys  (F sharp major) used to tell me
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 (G major) right to my face,
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Boy,  (D major) I  (A major) wish I was in your place.  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Girls  (B minor) by  the dozens
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called  (G major) me  (A major) on the phone
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I  (D major)  (B minor) used to beg them to  (G major) 
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leave  (A major) me alone  (D major) 
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 (F sharp major) Guys used to tell me,  (G major) gee,
what a waste
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Boy,  (D major)  (A major) I  wish I was in  (D major) your place  (G major) 
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I had the world  (E minor)  (G major) in the palm of my  (G minor) hands
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And  (D major)  (F sharpaug) I just
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couldn't lose  (D major)  (B minor)  (D major) 
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 (G major) But the luckiest boy
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in  (G minor) the whole wide  (G major) world  (G minor) 
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Can  (E major) wind up with holes
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 (G major) in his shoes  (A major)  (F sharp major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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I  (B minor) know that good thing (G major) s
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don't last  (A major) too long  (D major) 
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Today  (B minor) you've got it,
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 (G major) tomorrow  (A major) it's gone  (D major) 
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Now  (F sharp major) I'm the fellow who  (G major) 
can't win a race
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An (D major) d  boy, I  (A major) wish I was in your  (D major) place