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