Key: G major
Verse 1
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D
Dum, ah da dum dam, ah da dum dam,
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C
G
Umma, mana, mana, mana, hey ho!
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G
D
hey ho!
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D
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D
When I was born,
they looked at me and said
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D
What a good boy, what a smart boy,
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D
what a good girl, what a smart girl,
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D
and what a pretty girl.
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D
And now we got these chains
hanging round our necks.
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C
D
before we take our first breath.
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D
This name is the hair shirt I wear
from your brown hair
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G
D
And this song is the cross that I bear
Em
D
Bear it with me, bear it with me,
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D
And be with me tonight
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G
D
C
And I know I know it ain't right
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G
Just be with me tonight
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G
So I go to school
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C
Or if I fail
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C
to show my life ain't over yet
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D
I wake up scared, and I wake up strange
if anything in my life is ever gonna change
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Em
I wake up stranger
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C
Everything around me
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D
This name is the hair shirt I wear
It's woven from, it's woven
This song is the cross that I bear
D
Em
Bear it with me, bear it with me,
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D
C
And be with me tonight
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D
C
And I know, I know it ain't right
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G
C
Just be with me tonight, tonight
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D
C
I couldn't tell you, so I was wrong
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I sat down and I wrote this song
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D
And I couldn't tell you,
So instead I looked in a mirror,
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watched TV, laid awake all night
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D
C
So we got these chains
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G
C
hanging round our necks
People wanna strangle us
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D
Afraid of change,
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D
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D
afraid of staying the same
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D
Your name is the hair shirt I wear
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C
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D
And this hair shirt is woven,
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woven from your brown hair
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Bb
oh, bear it with me
Am
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With me
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D
Just be with me
Please be with me tonight
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G
D
Cause when I was born
They looked at me and said
What a smart boy
And what a strong boy
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G
An d when you were born
what a smart girl
and oh
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G
what a pretty girl
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TunerE A D G B E
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