Key: C major
Verse 1
C
F
C
G
C
I was
C
F
it just slipped right through my hands.
C
Am
The land of milk and honey was
Dm
G
my never never land.
C
F
Full time occupation always
C
F
seemed just out of reach.
C
Am
I like reading books and mak ing songs
Dm
G
and walking on the beach
F
C
Living un der the illusion,
F
G
I was footloose and carefree
C
G
C
F
And every girl I ever loved
C
G
C
was smarter than me
I got a storybook religion,
F
C
a barroom philosophy
F
C
Am
Got a part -time education and
G
C
F
All my eggs were in one basket,
C
F
all my hopes against the rocks
C
Am
All my dreams left in a boat that
Dm
G
sank before it left the docks
C
F
G
ors and petty larceny
C
G
C
F
And every girl I ever loved
G
C
was smarter than me
G
C
Always holding on to something,
G
C
never knowing what it was
G
C
Am
When they ask me why the stupid look,
Dm
G
I say because.
C
F
C
G
F
C
Tormented by tradition,
Am
Dm
denial and excess
C
F
God in the face of a woman
And
F
C
Seen a devil walk in with his
G
F
I've heard broken angels singing
C
F
In perfect harmony
G
C
G
C
F
And every girl I ever loved
C
G
Am
was smarter than me
C
G
C
F
And every girl I ever loved
C
G
C
was smarter than me
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