Key: G major•
Verse 1
C
D
Yeah I've read all of those press
D
G
I can't believe the lies they tell
C
D
But truth is not the way
Verse 2
C
D
G
After all the smoke had cleared away
C
D
Did not take me long to find
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D
Em
out what you had to say
C
D
Do they think we're fools
Verse 3
C
While searching through your lyric sheets
C
D
For secret meanings too
Verse 4
C
D
G
Isn't it a shame they never heard
C
D
They finally wrote you off
G
Em
as really being too absurd
your rhymes
C
G
D
Hidden in your melodies
Verse 5
C
D
G
Like a tree that could bend with the wind
C
D
G
Like a river that flows around the bend
G
C
They all cross right or wrong
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D
They just keep on building castles in the
sand
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C
G
C
G
C
Verse 6
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C
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D
G
Then just like you they told me lies
C
D
And offered corporate alibis
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D
While managers were
Verse 7
C
D
They led me to the slaughter like a lamb
G
C
D
I just kept pretending
G
Em
that I did not give a damn
C
D
I don't wanna make a deal
Verse 8
C
D
G
Each one must try do their part to drain you
D
G
You give them your best autograph
C
D
On pictures knowing well
Verse 9
C
D
G
Don't you know it happens every time
C
D
Little did they know I could
G
Em
read between the line
C
D
Bobby do you know what I mean
Verse 10
C
D
I'm Like a tree that can bend
C
D
I'm like a river that flows
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G
D
And I'll just keep on building castles
in the sand
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C
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C
G
C
Verse 11
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C
D
G
They drove me in their limousines
C
D
My pockets bursting at the
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D
G
By putting makeup on my face like honey
Verse 12
D
G
chilled me to the bone
C
D
They even had the nerve to ask me if
should leave my ass alone
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G
D
I just wanted to be free
Verse 13
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D
G
Like a tree that can bend with the wind
C
D
G
Like a river that flows around the bend
C
G
D
And I'll just keep on building castles in
the sand
G
C
G
C
G
C
Verse 14
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C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C D Em Am
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