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

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

Verse 1
C
C

To
Dm
Dm

be a man when ships are down
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

To be a clown when you
C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

fight
Dm
Dm

Hiding your face in a brass braid,
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

masquerade through the night.
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Ah, you're only half grown,
Bdim
Bdim

G
G

yet you're sleeping,
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

And neatly at four, matador,
Bdim
Bdim

Dm
Dm

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

you're com pletely alone
C
C

Am
Am

C
C

Dm
Dm

Nothing is worth too much sacrifice
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

Life is nice, put me out
Dm
Dm

I read all the books up on the shelf,
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Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

know myself, what a bore.
Dm
Dm

Poets who were made for the guillotine,
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Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

philistines, no much more.
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

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

Dm
Dm

G
G

and you're home boy
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

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

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

fort all your own
Dm
Dm

Everyone's preachin' participate
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

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

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

Verse 2
C
C

Dm
Dm

Beautiful people, they make me sick
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

It's a trick from the hair of
C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

a dragon
Dm
Dm

Razors they carry between the teeth,
Bb
Bb

Bdim
Bdim

G
G

C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

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C

should you meet, raise the flag.
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

All the maidens I'm perfect
Bdim
Bdim

G
G

to lay with
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

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

Dm
Dm

G
G

come play with
C
C

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

C
C

To me
Trouble with love
Dm
Dm

Bb
Bb

You must give it all
Bdim
Bdim

G
G

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

Am
Am

Eaug
Eaug

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