human cannonball chords by Loudon Wainwright III

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Emmanuel
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Zucchini Senior
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The Human Cannonball
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Died in SarasotaMonday
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Eighty- four was all
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From Italy in Thirty- four
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John Ringling brought
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him here
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Broken neck in Fifty- one
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Ended his career
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Verse 2
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But in those years in between
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Seventeen in all
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Few flew as fast or as far
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As the Cannonball
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Fifty- eight yards and one foot
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Bm 
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Was the distance that he  went
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Fifty- four miles in an hour
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The speed that he was sent

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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Two of his brothers and two daughters
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Nine grandchildren in all
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And the one great grandchild
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Survive the Cannonball
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He died on Monday where he lived
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It happens to us  all
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Shot through the air expecting nets
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A flight and then a fall