Some people's lives chords by Janis Ian

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Faithful is a  (E minor) lie
A 
C 
B 
Freedom's  (A major) just  (C major) a  game  (B major) 
Somebody tacked onto
Em 
Your ball  (E minor) and chain
Love is a drug
A 
C 
B 
 (A major) You've been canon (C major) ized  (B major) 
Want to be a high priestess?
Em 
A 
Then you got  (E minor) to sacrifice  (A major) 
C 
Somebody want (C major) s you
Em 
To put  (E minor) out your eyes
A 
C 
And  (A major) drag  (C major) you lower
B 
Em 
On  (B major) the ladder than he  (E minor) is
A 
Am 
C 
 (A major) Reel you  (A minor) in  slowly  (C major) 
Em 
Am 
 (E minor) Kingfish on a line  (A minor) 
C 
Some people get a kick  (C major) 
B 
Out of making  (B major) you suf
Em 
A 
B 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) fer  (A major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
You try the patience of the gods
A 
C 
B 
 (A major)  (C major) In the heat  (B major) of a mo
F 
ment's  (F major) pleasure
Em 
An (E minor) d   your sad retreat
A 
Mistake the moment for the song  (A major) 
C 
B 
Baug 
The  (C major)  (B major) actor for the role  (Baug) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) The neon light for day  (A major) 
C 
Somebody want (C major) s you
Em 
To clip  (E minor) your wings
A 
Am 
C 
 (A major) Take shelter in the dark  (A minor)  (C major) 
D 
Em 
Am 
 (D major) And the sav (E minor) age heat  (A minor) 
A 
Am 
C 
Em 
 (A major) Mocks  (A minor) you with  (C major) the burning sky  (E minor) 
Am 
And drops you in the ring  (A minor) 
Somebody gets a kick
C 
B 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
 (C major) Out of  (B major) seeing you  (E minor) suffer  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
A 
 (E minor) He  can't take pleasure  (A major) 
C 
B 
He feeds on  (C major) pain  (B major) 
He ain't no gambler
Em 
He just likes  (E minor) to  play the game
A 
It's a measure of a man  (A major) 
C 
B 
It's a candle  (C major) in the rain  (B major) 
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