Lenny Bruce chords by
Stan Ridgway

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Lenny

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Bruce is dead,

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but his ghost lives on and on

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Never did get any Golden Globe Award,

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never made it to Synanon

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He was an outlaw, that's for sure

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More of an outlaw than you

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Am

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ever were

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Lenny Bruce is gone,

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but his spirit's living on and on

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Maybe he had some problems,

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maybe some things

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he couldn't work out.

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But he sure was funny,

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and he sure told the truth,

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and he knew what he was talking about.

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C

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They haven't robbed any churches

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Or cut off any babies' heads

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Just took the folks in high places

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And he shined a light into their beds

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He's on some other shore

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He didn't want to live anymore

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C

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Lenny Bruce is dead,

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but he didn't commit any crime

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He just had the insight

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Am

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to rip off the lid before his time

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I rode with him in a taxi once

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Only for a mile and a half

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Seemed like it took a couple of months

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Lenny Bruce moved on,

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and like the ones that killed him,

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gone

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He said he was sick

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Am

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cause he didn't play by the rules

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He just showed the wise men of his day

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to be nothing more than fools.

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They stamped him and they labeled him

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like they do with pants and shirts.

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He fought a war on the battlefield

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Am

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where every victory hurts.

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Lenny Bruce was bad,

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he was the brother that you never had.

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Am

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Chords

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The original key of Lenny Bruce by Stan Ridgway is G major.

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