Chips Are Down chords by
Paul Siebel
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

Verse 1
F
F

To
Gm
Gm

be a man when ships are down
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

To be a clown when you
F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

fight
Gm
Gm

Hiding your face in a brass braid,
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

masquerade through the night.
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Ah, you're only half grown,
Edim
Edim

C
C

yet you're sleeping,
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

And neatly at four, matador,
Edim
Edim

Gm
Gm

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

you're com pletely alone
F
F

Dm
Dm

F
F

Gm
Gm

Nothing is worth too much sacrifice
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

Life is nice, put me out
Gm
Gm

I read all the books up on the shelf,
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

know myself, what a bore.
Gm
Gm

Poets who were made for the guillotine,
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

philistines, no much more.
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

You can't work when you're bored
Edim
Edim

Gm
Gm

C
C

and you're home boy
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

And soon with this broom you'll earn a
C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

fort all your own
Gm
Gm

Everyone's preachin' participate
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

Now our lovin' hates, shoot the dice
Interlude 1
F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

Verse 2
F
F

Gm
Gm

Beautiful people, they make me sick
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

It's a trick from the hair of
F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

a dragon
Gm
Gm

Razors they carry between the teeth,
Eb
Eb

Edim
Edim

C
C

F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

should you meet, raise the flag.
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

All the maidens I'm perfect
Edim
Edim

C
C

to lay with
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

So if it's you, baby blue,
Edim
Edim

Gm
Gm

C
C

come play with
F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

F
F

To me
Trouble with love
Gm
Gm

Eb
Eb

You must give it all
Edim
Edim

C
C

Oh, so best to call it a lull
Outro 1
F
F

Dm
Dm

Aaug
Aaug

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