Emperor Norton In The Last Year Of His Life (1880) chords by Chuck Prophet

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Verse 1
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Ev'ry set of keys is an original.
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Ev'ry silver lining is a curse.
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Anyone who's every turned
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their back on me
Em 
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Always ends up facing something worse,
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Something worse.
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Some kind of nightmare or some kind
of curse.
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Verse 2
Em 
Miss Sally Rogers did a little
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dance for me.
Em 
Warmed me up and down
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my crooked spine.
Em 
Miss Sally Rogers,
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yes she'll dance for anyone.
Em 
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She'll be yours as easily as mine.
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She'll be mine.
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Miss Sally Rogers never will be mine.

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Verse 3
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So I said,
"Run around".
"Run around".
Em 
"Run around, run around, Sal."
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"Run around".
"Run around".
Em 
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"Run around, run around, Sal."
Em 
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"Sally, run around."
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Em 
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Verse 4
Em 
Last night, it was snowing
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down on Market Street.
Em 
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This morning has three bodies in the cold.
Em 
All the love you're saving
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for a rainy day
Em 
Won't be  enough to save
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your wretched soul,
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Save your soul.
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Won't be enough to save
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your wretched soul,

Interlude 1

Save your soul.

Verse 5
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Twenty years ago I saw the president.
Em 
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He rode a silver horse into the crowd.
Em 
A hundred years ago,
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the might have made him king.
Em 
Without him, brother,
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where would we be now?