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Key: C major
Intro 1
C5
C5

C
C

Cm
Cm

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Cm
Cm

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C

He was a self
Verse 1
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C

made man
Bb
Bb

F
F

C
C

Made a killing on copper mine
Loved beautiful girls
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Bb

F
F

Am
Am

C
C

Got a taste for fancy wine
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F

Bb
Bb

And the suits he wore
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C

Were paper thin
Verse 2
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C

Cm
Cm

C
C

He built a big white house
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Bb

Am
Am

In the valley of the kings
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C

Cm
Cm

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C

Cm
Cm

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C

Took a beautiful wife
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Bb

Am
Am

C
C

Bought her every possible thing
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F

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Bb

And the silk she wore
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Cm

C
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Cm
Cm

Was paper thin
Verse 3
Cm
Cm

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C

Cm
Cm

Well they traveled in style
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Bb

F
F

C
C

Paid cash for everything
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Bb

C
C

Cm
Cm

C
C

Had a beautiful child
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Bb

F
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C
C

Had a champagne christening
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But as they raised their glasses
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Bb

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C

Cm
Cm

in toast to him
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C

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F

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Bb

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C

He saw the crystal was paper thin
Interlude 1
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Cm
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Cm
Cm

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Cm
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Bb
Bb

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Cm
Cm

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Verse 4
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Cm
Cm

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Cm
Cm

So shadows came
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Bb

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Whispering words to him
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Cm

Sold the company out
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C

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Bb

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And cashed all those futures in
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Bb
Bb

But it all still looked so
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C

Paper thin
Verse 5
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Cm
Cm

Well it was late one night
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C

And the rain was stream
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F

C
C

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Bb

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in' down
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Cm

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He called his wife's name out
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Cm

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Bb
Bb

And said hon ey it's
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F

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Cm
Cm

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C

over now
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Bb

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Cm
Cm

I'm gonna burn it all
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Bb

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Am
Am

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C

I can't take this anymore
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Bb

Cm
Cm

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Cm
Cm

But as he struck the match
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Cm
Cm

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Cm
Cm

She took a pistol from
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Cm

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C

the drawer
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F

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Bb

She said I ain't going down with you
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Cm

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C

Pulled the trigger in
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F

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Bb

And the bullet it passed right through
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Cm
Cm

Like he was paper thin
Outro 1
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Cm
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