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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Something's  (E minor) 
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Em 
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got to  (G major) give I'm  (E minor) working hard  (A major) just  (F major) to make time  (E minor) 
G 
Girl, I wanna live,  (G major) 
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not  (E minor) just stand  (A major)  (F major) on the side (E minor) lines
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Something's going on  (G major) when
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Em 
we ex (A minor) ist just  (F major) to get by  (E minor) 
G 
But can we pay the  (G major) rent when
Em 
Am 
F 
 (E minor) our  (A minor) cash is  (F major) spent
Em 
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Am 
An (E minor) d   the baby's on standby  (G major)  (E minor)  (A minor) 
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Em 
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Am 
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Em 
 (F major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (F major)  (E minor) 
G 
Something's got to  (G major) change
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Am 
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Em 
From this  (E minor) suc (A minor) cession  (F major) of false  (E minor) starts
G 
Too much to ar (G major) range,
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Em 
are we  (E minor) con (A minor) spiring  (F major) to lose  (E minor) heart?
G 
Girl you know it's  (G major) true,
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Em 
I'm working  (E minor)  (A minor) hard to  (F major) persuade  (E minor) you
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To break out of these  (G major) cells,
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run off  (E minor) to  (A major) somewhere  (F major) else
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Am 
If  (E minor) it all overtakes you  (G major)  (E minor)  (A minor) 
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Em 
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Am 
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Em 
 (F major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (F major)  (E minor) 
G#m 
C# 
E 
 (G sharp minor) I've  been on the  (C sharp major) backwoods just for you  (E major) 
F# 
To be  (F sharp major) optimistic
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C# 
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Move  (G sharp minor) those sideways  (C sharp major) far too  (E major) soon
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To be  (F sharp major) all statistic
G#m 
C# 
I  (G sharp minor) see what we're  (C sharp major) trying for
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But we're  (E major) not supposed to
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G#m 
break  (F sharp major) out of this world  (G sharp minor) 
C# 
E 
There  (C sharp major) is  a space where we're  (E major) not
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supposed to go  (F sharp major) 
Em 
G 
 (E minor) Something's in the  (G major) way,
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F 
 (E minor) but she came  (A major)  (F major) to my rescue
Em 
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 (E minor) Cause girl I wanna play,  (G major) 
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Em 
 (E minor) not just  (A major) stand  (F major) in the dorky  (E minor) 
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Another hit and  (G major) run,
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but the remains  (A major)  (F major) of a good one  (E minor) 
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Forever on the  (G major) take
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For a  (A major) lucky  (F major) break an (E minor) d   the dawn of a new sun
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Em 
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (F major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (F major)  (E minor) 
G#m 
C# 
E 
I've  (G sharp minor) been over backwoods  (C sharp major) just for you  (E major) 
F# 
To the  (F sharp major) optimist thing
G#m 
C# 
E 
 (G sharp minor) Moved over sideways  (C sharp major) far too  (E major) soon
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G#m 
To be  (F sharp major) your statistic  (G sharp minor) 
C# 
I've seen what we're  (C sharp major) trying for
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But we're  (E major) not supposed to
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Abm 
break  (F sharp major) out of this world  (A flat minor) 
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There  (D flat major) is  a space where we're
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 (E major) not supposed to go  (F sharp major)  (F sharp major) 
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