Key: A major
Intro 1
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C#m
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Verse 1
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You're getting away fast,
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why can't you let it be?
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You gotta make it last my friend,
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F#m
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how can I make you see?
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You gotta take your time,
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you gotta play your part
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You're getting nowhere fast my friend,
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C#
F#m
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it's over before you start
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Taking care of business ain't no kind of plan,
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C#
sometimes you gotta do it if you wanna be a man
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Crawling home at midnight ain't no way to be,
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C#
F#
G
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first thing to himself a man has to prove he's free
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Em
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Get in the way of things
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You gotta take your time
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Not everything's a blast, my friend
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F#m
You gotta feed the lion
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E
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You're getting nowhere fast
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Why can't you let it be?
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B
You gotta make it last, my friend
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C#
F#
How can I make you see?
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B
Taking care of business
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ain't no kind of plan
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E
B
Sometimes you gotta do it if
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you wanna be a man
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B
Rollin' home at midnight
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ain't no way to be
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The first thing to a self -made
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man is prove that he's free
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Prove that he's free
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Prove that he's free
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F#m
E
F#m
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Takin' care of business
ain't no kind of plan
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E
B
C#
Sometimes you gotta do it if you wanna be
a man
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E
B
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Callin' home at midnight ain't no way to
be
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E
The first thing to your
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self a man must prove
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F#m
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Em
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Man must prove it, man must prove it,
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G
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man's got to take his time.
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Em
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Getting nowhere fast.
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C#
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I'm
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You
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