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Intro 1

When you're always chasing

Verse 1
G 
rainbows
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G 
and you might not know
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G 
which way the wind blows
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G 
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F 
You say your lucky day is comin'
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Eb 
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Until that day you're just slummin'

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Verse 2

So you wait and you wait but

the signal don't change

Watching TV daily there is no sign

You read your horoscope

But ahh, it would appear

there is no hope

Verse 3
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So what?
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Who cares?
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F 
G 
D 
Gotta put a handle
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D 
on your fear
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G 
D 
A man comes
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G 
D 
F 
And a man goes
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F 
And he always leaves alone
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F 
Only the strong

Verse 4
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survive
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Bb 
Am 
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F 
You better wake up from that fantasy
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A 
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Gm 
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It's time to open your eye s
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Bb 
Am 
Don't be afraid to see what
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Eb 
you might see
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The years roll by and the boy feels

Verse 5
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cheated
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D 
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He fights back hard, his youth's re treated
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G 
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C 
He lets his hair grow, gets a sports car
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Eb 
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G 
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But he knows that won't go so far
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G 
It's too bad

Verse 6
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It's real sad
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D 
You lost the best thing
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D 
You ever had
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D 
You had some hope
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D 
And you had the youth
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G 
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F 
But now you'll never
know the truth
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Only the strong

Verse 7
survive
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Bb 
Am 
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F 
You better wake up from that fantasy
Bb 
A 
G 
I think it's time to open your eyes
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Bb 
Am 
Don't be afraid to see
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what you might see

Verse 8

Only the strong survive

Don't ever let it get you down

Oh, I can't sympathize

If you expect to stick around

Interlude 1
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Eb 
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D 
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Verse 9
D 
F 
So what?
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F 
Who cares?
Gm 
D 
Bet ter put a handle
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D 
On your fear
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Dm 
A man comes
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D 
F 
And a man goes
D 
F 
And he always leaves alone
D 
Gm 
Only the strong

Verse 10
survive
F 
Bb 
Am 
Gm 
Eb 
You better wake up from that fantasy
F 
Gm 
I think it's time you opened your eyes
F 
Bb 
Am 
Don't be afraid to see
Gm 
Eb 
what you might see
Gm 
Only the strong

Verse 11
survive
F 
Bb 
Am 
Gm 
Eb 
Don't ever let it get you down
F 
Gm 
I think it's time to open your eyes
F 
Bb 
Am 
If you expect to stick around
Gm 

Verse 12
Eb 
Gm 
F 
Only the strong survive
C 
Bb 
Am 
Gm 
You better wake up from that fantasy
Eb 
F 
I think it's time that you
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opened your eyes
Don't be afraid to see what you might see