Break A Leg chords by 
Gilbert O'sullivan 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Met
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me a girl the other week
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Long blonde hair, lips you could eat
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She thanked me for the drinks I bought
And said the train that she ought
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to have caught had probably left
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I heard a voice in side me say,
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"You lucky bugger, break a leg"
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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All my life I've tried to avert
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Incidents where I could be hurt
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At school, they taught me right from wrong
No harm in being a weakling,
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as long as you use your head
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Yet on the stage if you want to succeed
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The thing to do is break a leg
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(Break a le- le- leg)
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Why not an arm? Why not a toe?
Verse 3
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Why only one? When one as you know
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Is not quite complete
To do that, you need
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One more (one more)
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Upon my word,
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you take it from me
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On my winter hols I love to ski
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But rather than go down too fast
And end up with my face, alas
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Covered in egg
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I do as my in structor says
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Get on that piste and break
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a leg
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Verse 5
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Why not an arm? Why not a chin?
What's so clever about breaking
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your leg? So to speak
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How would your feet
Verse 6
Then grow?
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I
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went to do
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the other night
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Could hardly drink 'cause
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I had to drive
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And just as I was about to leave
A chap got up and spoke to me
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Here's what he said
Verse 7
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I hear you're leaving, that's a shame
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It's good to see you, glad you came
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Be fore you go from all of us here
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A safe journey home now,
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break a leg
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(Break a le- le- leg, oh)
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D A B Bsus4...
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Capo: 2
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