Key: C major
Intro 1
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Em
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Verse 1
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She
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makes me so unsure of myself
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ever talking sense
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Just a visitor you see
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So much wanting to be seen
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She'd open up the door
Verse 2
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customary thing to say or do
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man in his grief
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And on Fridays she'd be there
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But on Mondays not at all
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Just casually appearing from
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the clock across the hall
Verse 3
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la la la la la la la la la
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You're a ghost, la la la la la la la la la
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I'm the church and I've come
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To claim you with my iron drum
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Em
La la la la la la
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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The Continent's just fallen
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in disgrace
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William Rogers put it in it s place
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Blood and tears from old Japan
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Caravans and lots of jam
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And maids of honor singing,
Verse 5
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F#m
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la la la la la la la la la
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Yes, you're a ghost,
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la la la la la la la la la
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I'm the bishop and I've come
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To claim you with my iron drum
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Em
La la la la la la
Interlude 2
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Gm
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F#dim
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C#dim
Dm
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Gm
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Verse 6
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Efficiency, efficiency, they say
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tell the time of day
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As the crowds begin complaining
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How the Beaujolais is raining
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Down on darkened meetings on
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the Champs-Élysées
Verse 7
F#m
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la la la la la la la la la
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la la la la la la la la la
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And I'm the church and I've come
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F#m
To claim you with my iron drum
Verse 8
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Bm
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la la la la la la la la la
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la la la la la la la la la
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F#m
I'm the church and I've come
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F#m
To claim you with my iron drum
Verse 9
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la la la la la la la la la
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la la la la la la la la la
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I'm the church and I've come
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F#m
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To claim you with my iron drum
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