Roll the Bones chords by
Rush
Rush

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Key: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, you can stake
that claim
Good work is the key to
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good fortune
Winners take that praise
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Losers seldom take that blame
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Verse 2
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If they don't take that game
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And sometimes the winner takes nothing
We draw our own designs
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But fortune has to make that frame
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Verse 3
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We go out in the world and
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take our chances
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Fate is just the weight of circumstances
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That's the way
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that Lady Luck dances
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Roll the bones
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Roll the bones
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Verse 4
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
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Roll the bones
Verse 5
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
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Because it happens
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Roll the bones
Interlude 1
Roll the bones
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Verse 6
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Faith is cold as ice
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Why are little ones born only to suffer
For the want of immunity
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Or a bowl of rice?
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Verse 7
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Well, who would hold a price
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On the heads of the innocent children
If there's some immortal power
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To control the dice?
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Verse 8
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We come into the world
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and take our chances
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Fate is just the weight of circumstances
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That's the way
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that lady luck dances
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Roll the bones
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Roll the bones
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Verse 9
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
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Roll the bones
Verse 10
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
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Because it happens
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Roll the bones
Verse 11
Roll the bones
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
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Roll the bones
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
Interlude 2
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Jack, relax Get
Verse 12
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busy with the facts
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No zodiacs or almanacs
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No maniacs in polyester slacks
Just the facts
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Gonna kick some gluteus max
It's a parallax, you dig?
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You move around
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The small gets big, it's a rig
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It's action, reaction
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Random interaction
So who's afraid
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Of a little abstraction?
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Can't get no satisfaction
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From the facts?
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You better run, homeboy
A fact's a fact
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From Nome to Rome, boy
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What's the deal? Spin the wheel If the
Verse 13
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dice are hot, take a shot
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Play your cards, show
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us what you got
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What you're holding
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If the cards are cold
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Don't go folding
Lady Luck is golden
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She favors the bold, that's cold
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Stop throwing stones
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The night has a thousand saxophones
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So get out there and rock
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And roll the bones
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Get busy
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Roll the bones
Verse 14
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
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Roll the bones
Verse 15
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
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Because it happens
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Roll the bones
Verse 16
Roll the bones
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
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Roll the bones
Verse 17
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
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Because it happens
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Roll the bones
Verse 18
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
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Because it happens
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Roll the bones
Verse 19
Roll the bones
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
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Roll the bones
Verse 20
Roll the bones
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Why does it happen?
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Because it happens
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Roll the bones
Verse 21
Roll the bones
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Why are we here?
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Because we're here
Roll the bones
Roll the bones

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