The Slow Decline chords by M. G. Boulter

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Verse 1
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She wanted to be an actress,
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but ended up entertainment
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in a theme park
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Instead calling to the kids,
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do you want to party?
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My girlfriend back then
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knew her from school
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And soon realized
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she was one of those girls
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No one got to know at all
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But who are we to topple
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someone else's dreams?
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All those bitter words we speak
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They roll off the tongue so easy
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Slipping a preparation under my tongue
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I make my way to
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the parade of shops
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Where I  am due to perform
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It is some years later
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and I've forgotten about her
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And  my mind is all messed
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with future can it be
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That every day you can start anew
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Man dies on the headlines
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from a seafront nightclub fall
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The energy it takes to turn
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the page for me, man
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It's too much, oh,
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it's too much
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If you want life after death
I can hear his ragged breath
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on my shoulder
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Entrapped in his quotation,
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he's gonna live forever
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The inherent sadness
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behind   the eyes of every carnaubon
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Sleeping under the archways tonight
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Hot town, summer in the city
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A girl stands lonesome in a doorway
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What was that song we
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used to sing?
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That slow decline,
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I see my reflection in the night
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And  all those parsing cars are faces
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I don't recognize
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Oh, I don't recognize
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You you