Key: E major
Intro 1
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Asus2
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Asus2
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Verse 1
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At three in the morning
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G#m
The devil appeared in my studio room
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And I'll make you a deal
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Blow away your struggle
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And I'll take your soul for a toy
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Asus2
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Verse 2
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After rubbing my eyes
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At the half-finished drivel drivel
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Was to live for all time
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Like the man who wrote Danny
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Boy
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Verse 3
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then I'll ask you a question
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While most of us turn into ashes or dust
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guy go on forever
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And who do I trust?
Interlude 1
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F#m
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Verse 4
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And he said it was funny
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How mortals would pour all their blood,
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Onto tape, onto paper
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Or into the air
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Outside of his kind employ
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Verse 5
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Then I thought I could hear
a great sound in the distance
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Of whiskey-soaked singing
singing
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And laughter and cheers
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that song could bring tears to a glass eye
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So pass me the papers,
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I'll sign them in blood
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And the smell of the brimstone
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was turned into greasepaint
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And the roar of the crowd
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like the furies of hell
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And I hear the applause and I hear
Verse 6
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Whatever you're doing you're
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You can't hold onto shadows,
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no more than to years
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So be glad for the pleasures
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We're young enough to enjoy
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Interlude 2
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Asus2
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So
Verse 7
maybe I'm drunk
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Or maybe a liar
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Or maybe we're all living
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When I'm gone, then you'll see
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I'll be down in the dark
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With Shakespeare and Bach
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And the man who wrote Danny Boy
Outro 1
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