Key: G# minor
Verse 1
G#m
Um. A long time ago I was a music student
I had serious intentions
And thought I was gonna be composing
Am
G#m
for large jazz ensembles
Er, for a couple of years
(And you decided
to keep it all for yourself)
Hah! Did you guys hear that?
He said "And you decided to keep
it all for yourself"
Er, that's the kind of prick I
am
now
And it was the Vietnam period
(Yow)
Is that because you were there or you weren't
there?
Like, what are we celebrating here?
Heh. Well. Anyway
A
F#
G#m
I lasted, well, almost two years at,
at music school
F#
G#m
But, and in between the two school seasons there
Which I came very close to accepting
F#
G#m
For a minute. Er
And the job was with a guy that came back
from Vietnam
F#
And he was a friend of a dorm mate of mine,
and, erm
G#m
He had a plan, and his plan was to go down to Central
F#
America
And spend the summer
Er, which he said would be a
to join him in this
I thought, wow, y'know, it beats playing in
these crappy clubs in Chelsea
F#
The crappy jug band that I'm in, and, er, y'know,
G#m
various other possibilities for the summer
Erm, and er, y'know,
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G#m
I was eighteen years old
And I didn't have a very well- developed sense of
F#
G#m
the moral implications of things like that
And, and, er, so I, I gave it some thought
Until I realised that my job would consist
of
Getting between this
guy and people that were trying to kill him
And I felt under- qualified for that job
Am
G#m
And, er, and I - I - I felt further that anybody
who felt I was qualified for that job
Was someone I did not want to be near
when that stuff started happening
So, so, er, I declined
And here we are
Here we all are
Choices, Hmm?
a very tiny part
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG#m Am F# A E
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