Fortress chords by Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

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Intro 1

There was a boy let's call him Roy

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So the story goes,
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he's got a feeling he can't fake
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He likes a girl we'll call her Pearl
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Who's diamond always shows a kind
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of shimmer in her shake
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Wouldn't you know, there was a Joe
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Who felt familiar flames
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And had Pearl caught up in a daze
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And so our boy we call Roy was
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forced to watch and wait
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And live his life off in the wings
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This feeling that has

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grown

Oh so fast

Reeling down

A rapid raft

That is on its own path

Still we scream

Dangers a laugh

You and I

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down the open road
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You are the queen inside my fortress
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Dripping down, canvas of my dreams
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You are the paint inside my portrait
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Well here we go, down the golden road
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You are the queen inside my fortress
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Lock the door, throw away the key
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You are the paint inside my portrait
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Painting our soul
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Painting our soul
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Painting our soul
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Time sure does fly with the wrong guy
Our Pearl began to know
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Once ol' Joe failed to make her faint
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She felt the void while our boy Roy
Was patient as a dog
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Whose bone was wrapped under the tree
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Finally she set the terms in stone
Kicked Joe the road
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She checked his baggage at the claim
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And so our girl that we call Pearl
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Was re minded that a stone
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Looks best atop a proper ring
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This feeling that has

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grown
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Oh so fast
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Reeling down
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A rapid raft
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That is on  its own path
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Still we scream
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Dangers a laugh
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You and I

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down the open road
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You are the queen inside
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my fortress
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Dripping down, canvas of my dreams
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You are the paint inside my portrait
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Here we go, down the golden road
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You are the queen inside my fortress
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Lock the door, throw away the key
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You are the paint inside my portrait
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Painting our soul
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Painting our soul
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Painting our soul

Interlude 1
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There was a boy let's call him Roy
So the story goes
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He gathered up all of his strength
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Found his girl we call Pearl
Stare into her soul
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Asking the privilege of a date
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Finally my half is now a whole
Says Pearl as she rejoiced
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She checked that baggage
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at the claim
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To join our boy that we call Roy
Who no longer has to wait
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To live their life off in the wings

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This feeling that has grown
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Oh so fast
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Reeling down
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A rapid raft
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That is on  its own path
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Still we scream
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Dangers a laugh
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You and I

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down the open road
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You are the queen inside my fortress
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Dripping down, canvas of my dreams
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You are the paint inside my portrait
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Well here we go, down the golden road
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You are the queen inside my fortress
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Lock the door, throw away the key
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You are the paint inside my portrait
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Painting our soul
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Painting our soul
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Painting our soul