Key: E minor
Verse 1
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I started to cry,
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they put gin in my cup
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I started to crawl,
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and they swaddled me up
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I got up and run, they said "Easy, son,
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Play up, play the game"
Verse 2
forget what I'd heard
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They told me to lie and
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they questioned my word
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They told me to fail, better sink than sail,
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Just play the game
Verse 3
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Oh, towers will tumble and lo
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custs will visit the land
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Oh, a curse on your house and your chil
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dren and the fruit of your hand
Verse 4
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can't win
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You can't win
Verse 5
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You can't win. You can't win
Verse 6
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Who you think you are
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Verse 8
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Oh what kind of mother
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would hamstring her sons?
put ice on their tongues
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stay here and grieve
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And play the game
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Don't waken the dead
Verse 9
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If you have a dream, brother,
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hush, not a sound
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Just stand there and rust, die if you must
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But play the game
Verse 10
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Oh, if we can't have it,
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Why should a wretch like you?
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Oh, it was drilled in our heads,
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Now we drill it into your head too
Verse 11
Verse 12
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You can't win
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You can't win
Verse 13
Don't you dare do that"
Verse 14
The nerve of some people,
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I don't know who you think you are
Verse 15
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The nerve of some people,
the nerve of some people
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The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people
Outro 1
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Esus4
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