Over The Edge chords by The Kinks
Intro 1
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Everybody is a victim
Verse 1
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of society
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Comedy, tragedy,
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vaudeville and variety
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Pantomime players in the
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grand tradi tion
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Winners and losers till the
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intermission
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Verse 2
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Girl, I know the world's a stage
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That's what the poet said
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But I think our weird relationship
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Is way above my head
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I'll be your
Verse 3
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Casanova whipping by
If that's what you desire
But once I start performing
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I can't easily retire
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I'll swing
Verse 4
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on a trapeze
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I'll jump through hoops
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And I'll eat fire
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Be a human cannon ball
Verse 5
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And walk on the high wire
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Put on make- up, wear a wig
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I'll be your tragic clown
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But once you've got me up there
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I can't
Verse 6
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easily come down
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Don't drive me over the edge of it
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Can't you see I've got
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mixed- up emotions
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Joined the crowd just to be part of it
Verse 7
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That was the start of it
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Oh, now I'm over the edge
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(Don't drive me over
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the edge of it)
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Oh, over the edge
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Verse 8
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The world is turning upside-
down
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Civilization's dead, over the edge
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Economic tur moil,
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now the world is in the red
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Democracy's a shadow
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of its former glory
Verse 9
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Law and orders broken- down
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End of story
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My next door neighbour's
totally snapped
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He's gone over the edge
Verse 10
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He's putting up barbed
wire barricades
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Around the garden hedge
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And planting land mines on the lawn
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He's gone barmy
Verse 11
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According to his wife,
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he's formed a secret army
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Ever since he got laid off
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Something inside snapped
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His wife says he's gone
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'round the twist
Verse 12
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Now there's no turning back
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All night he waits in the garden shed
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For the enemy to attack
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A suburban vigilante
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Dressed up
Verse 13
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in a union jack
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He's over the edge, oh,
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over the edge
Don't drive me over the
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edge of it
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Woman, you are gonna drive me
Verse 14
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Totally over the edge
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Is it yes or is it no
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Are you gonna take the pledge
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The pressures of society are
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getting to your brain
Verse 15
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And forced you to act weird
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And put me under all this strain
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But don't drive me over the edge of it
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Stop while I've still got emotions
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Joined the crowd,
Verse 16
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just to be part of it
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That was the start of it
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Oh, over the edge
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Don't drive me over the edge of it
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Everybody is a
Verse 17
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victim of society
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Comedy, tragedy
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Vaudeville, variety
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Pantomime players in the
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grand tradition
Verse 18
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Forced into roles that leave them
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totally driven
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Right over the edge
Over The Edge
The Kinks
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