Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
Csus4
G
C
F
C
Csus4
C
Verse 1
G
C
F
C
he really had a way
G
C
F
And he always got an A
G
C
F
maybe Elton John
F
G
He couldn't keep his red
C
F
G
Am
suspenders on
(chorus)
C
Am
he gone away
be back someday
C
Verse 2
F
G
C
F
tennis games he'd win
F
G
C
F
Bound to be a Renaissance man
G
C
F
ferent state of mind
F
G
C
He told them it was nothing of the kind
F
G
C
Just life … just life,
Interlude 1
mom
F
G
Am
G
C
Am
G
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
C
F
Verse 3
alright he just
move
Verse 4
F
G
Now he reads a lot of poetry
C
F
and plays
F
G
C
F
And not say a word to anyone for days
F
G
They no longer even bother
C
F
getting through
F
G
They must have figured there's just so much
Interlude 2
F
Am
G
C
Am
G
C
G
C
Verse 5
In the scrapbook in the
That he won back when they thought
G
C
F
G
maybe Elton John
F
G
With the braces and the red
C
F
G
C
F
suspenders gone
G
Outro 1
F
Gsus4
G
C
Csus4
C
F
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
F
C
C
F
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ChordsC Csus4 G F Am...
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