Ivory Boy chords by The Nits

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Verse 1
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The ivory boy came
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to Hamburg and Cologne
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He bought three one way
tickets for the train
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He travelled with his sister and a girl
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who looked like Lili Marlene
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He said:

Verse 2
"Cancer,
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cancer is a hurricane
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Blows away my body and it tears
out my brain
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But the songs you play somehow
ease the pain"
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Verse 3
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You're keeping my senses
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awake
You're keeping my senses
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awake
You're keeping my senses
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awake
Awake
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Verse 4
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Sometime just before go ing on stage
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The girl with the pale
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and the beautiful face
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Suddenly stood next to me
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Like a ghost in the house of mystery
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Verse 5
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She said: "Cancer, cancer,
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I'm a little flame
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That started this fire and
burning his brain
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And I don't know who gave me a
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face like Lili Marlene"
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How can you fade

Verse 6
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away
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Like a light  on a dark highway
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A million years from now
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I see you when the light changes
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Verse 7

Keeping your senses awake

Awake

Verse 8
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So the lights went down and
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the crowd was dark
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Like the moon that covers the sun
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Except for two white faces
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that slowly became one
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Verse 9
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How      can you fade away
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Like a light    on a dark highway
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A million years from now
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I see you when the light changes
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Verse 10

I will be there

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