Break A Leg chords by Gilbert O'Sullivan

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Intro 1

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 inside     me say,
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"You lucky bugger, break    a leg"

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Interlude 1

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 (onemore)

Interlude 2

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 instructor says
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Get on that piste and break
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a        leg
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Verse 5

Why not an arm? Why not a chin?

What's so clever about breaking

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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Before 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)