Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
A man of great ambition
he pushed himself to be
A man upon a mission with
great riches to achieve
F
All his friends admired him,
And every word they trusted
C
and believed.
Bb
And the odds seemed
F
C
forever in his favor.
He made a sound investment
in his own abilities
Healthy clientele and some
F
C
committed employees
F
Well regarded in the town,
C
money to be made, and cash be found.
Bb
F
C
And the odds seem forever in his favor.
Verse 2
F
Sooner or later the man
Bb
C
is bound to fall!
F
Bb
One fine day Sir, sooner or later
F
C
the empires are bound to fall!
Bb
F
C
The wind blows forever without waver
Bb
F
C
Because ? dawn
Bb
But the odds were not en
F
C
deavored
Forever in your favor!
Verse 3
C
He bought a grander house on a
Bb
C
more expensive street
Quite a price to pay for
a place to rest his feet
F
Felt the water rise before he knew
C
it wasn't all back again
Bb
F
C
Still he thought he had the odds in his favor.
He had to disappoint you, the
banker did not yield
The string of repossessions, his
wife's expensive heels
F
But sitting down upon the curb he felt
Bb
F
C
a sud den feeling of relief
Bb
And he knew the odds were
F
C
far from in his favor.
F
Sooner or later
Verse 4
Bb
C
the man is bound to fall!
F
Bb
One fine day Sir, sooner or later
F
C
the empires are bound to fall!
Bb
'Cause the wind blows
F
C
forever without waver
Bb
F
C
? can't crack stone
Bb
But the odds were not en
F
C
F
deavored
C
Forever in your favor!
Verse 5
C
You're expensive pockets are empty
Bb
C
and you're feeling insecure
I think you may resent it, in fact,
Bb
C
I'm pretty sure
F
Is being wealthy really all that far from
C
being poor, I'm not so sure!
Bb
F
And the odds are not forever in your favur!
C
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F Bb
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