Key: A major•
Verse 1
A
D
A
Tell me, how does it feel
in the hour of deception
And the moment of pretend
To be scorned
By those rank and those unkind strangers
You were fool enough to call your friends?
E
D
Will you say, as the curtain
Verse 2
G
at me now"
Verse 3
and laurel crowns
And fine bouquets have all
been swept away
You were lost in the smokescreens and cavalcades
and accolades
D
A
E
Instead of traitors paid
G
A
E
to say
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A
"They're not laughing at
E
A
me now"
D
A
D
A
Verse 4
D
Bm
B
Bm
F#m
You could shake my hand
Bm
D
If I could unform my fist
Bm
C#m
C#
If I were a gentleman
C#m
F#m
B
Bm
B
If I were a Christian
But I wouldn't risk it, why would you?
You know my name now,
Interlude 1
it's "Mister" to you
E
D
E
Bm
E
A
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
Verse 5
A
D
Now we're back at the start
A
No forgiveness in your heart
You turn your coat and ask me to
D
A
turn my cheek
Ebdim
A
And it's all in a lan guage
That I can understand but never
G
E
If you dare
D
G
E
It's a peal too appalling to bear
me now
A
Verse 6
Verse 7
They're not laughing at me now
A
They're not laughing at me now
They're not laughing at him now
A
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TunerE A D G B E
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