Chips Are Down chords by
Paul Siebel
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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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D#dim
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G#aug
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Verse 1
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To
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be a man when ships are down
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To be a clown when you
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fight
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Hiding your face in a brass braid,
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masquer ade through the night.
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Ah, you're only half grown,
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yet you're sleeping,
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And neatly at four, matador,
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you're com pletely alone
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Nothing is worth too much sacrifice
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Life is nice, put me out
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I read all the books up on the shelf,
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know myself, what a bore.
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Poets who were made for the guillotine,
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philistines, no much more.
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You can't work when you're bored
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and you're home boy
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And soon with this broom you'll earn a
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fort all your own
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Everyone's preachin' participate
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Now our lovin' hates, shoot the dice
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Beautiful people, they make me sick
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It's a trick from the hair of
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a dragon
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Razors they carry between the teeth,
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should you meet, raise the flag.
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All the maidens I'm perfect
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to lay with
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So if it's you, baby blue,
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come play with
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To me
Trouble with love
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You must give it all
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Oh, so best to call it a lull
Outro 1
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G#aug
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