The Jig Is Up chords by Jill Sobule

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Verse 1
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If I had a lot of money
I'd move to another country
I'd disappear, not tell a soul,
I'd change my name
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Or maybe I'd go back to school
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Major in something foolish
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And I  could do  it cause I'd
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have a lot of money
Here I am holding on to
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childhood's dream
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Sitting in my apple tree
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Swaying as the branches
tremble under me

Verse 2

The jig is up, it's all been played

The well is dry, the bed's been made

The jig is up, the jig is up

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Verse 3
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be I could jump,
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Jump off the Brooklyn Bridge
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But I don't live in Brooklyn
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And I don't know how to swim
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Or I could find religion
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Go on some kind of mission
Feed the poor,
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and then I would go to heaven
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If I believed in heaven

Verse 4
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Here I am,
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holding on to childhood's dream
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Standing on the balcony
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Waiting for someone to come and rescue me
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The

Verse 5
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jig is up, the dance is done
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The record skips,
the song's been sung
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The troops have dwindled down to one
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The jig is up
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The jig is up, the sun has set
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The train is wrecked, the sheets are wet
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And like I said, the jig is up

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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Well I can't really disappear
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Cause I don't have a lot
of money
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And I don't really think I want to
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Go back to school
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But maybe I'm just in a bad mood
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And I need to change my attitude
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And when I wake up tomorrow
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I'll believe in heaven

Verse 7
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Here I   am,
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holding on  to childhood's dream
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Climbing down the apple tree
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Waking as you pull the covers off of me
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The jig is up
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Verse 8
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The jig is up, yes it's been tough
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The punch is drunk, the shrink is shrunk
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It's time to get the baby up
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It's off to work let's start the car
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We'll turn it over in its grave
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And start again its soul to save
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The jig is up but so what
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We'll fill again this empty cup
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The jig is up, the point's been made
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Elvis has just left the stage
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The story needs another twist
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And I  have had enough of this