Stamp Collecting chords by The Mules

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Verse 1
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 (A minor) My  (A major)  (A minor) daddy was a myth maker,
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 (A major) like  (F sharp minor) his daddy before him
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He  (A major)  (A minor) had  a limited reason,  (A major) 
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 (F sharp minor) but   he grew a thick skin
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So  (A major) when I  (A minor) struck out  (A major) on a big scheme,  (F sharp minor) 
in a family of one
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He'd  (F major) never know what
struck a deep sea,
panning for a man without a son
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I  (A minor) arrived in win (F major) ter, no bags,  (A minor) no luck at all  (F major) 
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But soon  (C major) I  (A minor)  (C major) built collections,  (D minor) 
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 (D major) the best  (C major) ideas  (A minor) sur   (C major) vive  (D minor) 
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Have I stayed  (F major) small?  (D minor)  (F major) 
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An (C major) other dead body, clean breast,
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A 80  (G minor) note tune in a  (F major) rag
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like  (G minor) a book of foreign  (F major) stamps
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Tent  (C major) in sequence, a forsaken keeper
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Jewelry,  (G minor) ores, and  (F major) rarities
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are  (E major) not signed,  (F major) fucking clas (A minor) sics  (A major)  (A minor)  (A major) 
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My  (F sharp minor) stick (A major) s, they  (C major) raided Nassau birds
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Found by  (A major) rags of  (Aaug) town
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and ditches in the  (C major) leaves
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The judge didn't  (A major) cause him  (Aaug) harm,
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took what they  (C major) needed,
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what I needed was a  (A major) steady flow
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 (Aaug) I gave to him the  (F major) life I always wanted,
was the crime, the harm, the hurt
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People  (C major) passing through like  (A minor) flies,
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like  (Aaug) butterflies,
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just pinned onto a  (A major) rod and  (A minor) loaded,
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waiting to be  (Aaug) toted   by a woman
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while the  (A minor) caravans are moving
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and the  (Aaug) dogs    are barking
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As the heavens get  (F major) no attention,
I realise I'll never get my
mention in dispatches
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Another  (C major) dead body,
clean pressed daisy
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 (G minor) Known to name and  (F major) rank
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like  (G minor) a book of foreign stamps  (F major) 
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 (C major) Set in sequence for safe keeping
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 (G minor) Curios and rarities
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and unsung fucking clas (F major) sics
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An (C major) other dead body,
clean pressed daisy
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Known  (G minor) to name and  (F major) rank
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like  (G minor) a book of foreign stamps
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Set  (C major) in sequence for safe keeping
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Curi (G minor) os and  (F major) rarities
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and unsung fucking  (F major) classics