Five Bright Boys chords by Gé Reinders

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Verse 1
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I  knew that snapshot as soon as I saw it
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on a slightly yellowed page
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Five boys with arms
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on each other's shoulders
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Drunk and laughing
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With all night to rage
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To a camera that grabbed us
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before we got any older
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H on  the left now lectures biology Dave
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Fuck the world, he mumbles,
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before misgivin'
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Plays Jesse Winchester on  CD, said
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Then we lived,
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now we only try to make a livin'
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Five bright boys, still for a moment
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Ten bright eyes laughing at lies
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Nexus P, who's in advertising
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He really made a  man
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Slick dresser,
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says I'm glad I don't dream anymore
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People pay me to think of one -liners
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That make even great detergents glint
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I bet good old Joey,
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he'd call me a  whore
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Joey's there in the middle,
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recalling my conscience
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I envied his bloody sharp tongue
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above all
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It was a mistake,
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his mother cried mysteriously
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When she called,
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whether we'd better pull on
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Five bright boys, still for a moment
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Ten bright eyes, laughing at lies
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50 fingers holdin' each other
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5 bright boys prepared to strive
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Joey holds L, he's a doctor,
and a father of four
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and on two bottles of wine a day.
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He used to write poetry,
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well he now beats his wife,
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as a matter of fact,
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she was then the photographer.
And he said then,
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it wouldn't last as  a couple, no way.
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It looks like they're stuck
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with each other for life
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Last in line there's a boy
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who laughs his head off
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He reminds me of both my
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father and my son
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That kid looks so familiar
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Sometimes I wonder if
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we're still the same one
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I went chasing the truth in
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200 word songs
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Sometimes I'm scared I did it all wrong
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Then again I feel this was the only way
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I leave the decision to
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whatever God it is
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That calls it a day
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On five bright boys
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Still for a  moment
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Ten bright eyes laughing at life
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Fifty fingers holding each other
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Five bright boys prepared to
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strive
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I'm not going to be a fool for you,
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I'm not going be you,
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I'm going
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Five bright boys prepared to stride