Masquerade chords by Gerry Goffin

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Verse 1
G 
Hey, what's your name?
Hey, what's your game?
If you put me down I'm
D 
bound to do the same
Same horror show, two friends you know
Of course that's the way
things often tend to go
G 
I'm at a loss to entertain
You see, the cells are paralyzed
C 
inside my brain
G 
I've been a dude to all of you
D 
G 
I think it's time to end this masquerade
Well, life is sweet to the cold and the heat
The county jail has just reserved
D 
a two -room suite
How did they get to be such drags?
I just can't figure out
G 
what's behind their bags
One thing I know without fail
White man's justice will prevail
C 
G 
Wait a little day, I'll be the same
D 
G 
I think it's time to end this masquerade
C 
G 
I forgot to milk the cow
C 
G 
But I don't want to do it now
B 
Bm 
Em 
I'd like to sleep for a hundred years
A 
D 
Till this whole world disappears
G 
And so to end this grand affair
I hear the Commander -in
D 
-Chief was even there
He worked so hard, he broke his back
But Ronald Reagan was still
G 
sleeping in his sack
The hard -on drink, with nothing to win
It's the same old show,
C 
it's a Rodeo
Buenas noches, au revoir
G 
D 
I think it's time to end
G 
D 
this masquerade
G 
Thank you for watching!