Tonart: E minor
Verse 1
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I started to cry,
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they put gin in my cup
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I started to crawl,
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and they swaddled me up
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I got up and run, they said "Easy, son,
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Play up, play the game"
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They told me to think
Verse 2
forget what I'd heard
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They told me to lie and
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they questioned my word
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They told me to fail, better sink than sail,
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Just play the game
Verse 3
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Oh, towers will tumble and lo
Em
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custs will visit the land
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Oh, a curse on your house and your chil
Em
F#m
dren and the fruit of your hand
Verse 4
E
Em
can't win
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G
You can't win
F#dim
You sweat blood
Verse 5
Em
G
Em
You can't win. You can't win
F#dim
Turn the cheek
Em
Don't you dare do this
Verse 6
Em
Don't you dare do that"
A
We stiletto in the back
Em
Oh the nerve of some people,
Verse 7
Em
The nerve of some people,
A
I don't know who you think you are,
Who you think you are
E
Verse 8
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Bm
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Bm
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Oh what kind of mother
D
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would hamstring her sons?
E
Throw sand in their eyes and
put ice on their tongues
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Ah better to leave than
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stay here and grieve
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E
And play the game
Bm
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Don't waken the dead
Verse 9
as
Bm
you sleepwalk around
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If you have a dream, brother,
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E
hush, not a sound
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Just stand there and rust, die if you must
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But play the game
Verse 10
Em
A
Oh, if we can't have it,
Em
A
Why should a wretch like you?
Em
A
Oh, it was drilled in our heads,
Em
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Now we drill it into your head too
Verse 11
F#dim
You sweat blood
Verse 12
E
Em
You can't win
G
Em
You can't win
F#dim
Turn the cheek
Verse 13
Em
Don't you dare do this
Don't you dare do that"
Verse 14
A
We stiletto in the back
Em
Oh, the nerve of some people,
The nerve of some people,
C
The nerve of some people
A
Em
I don't know who you think you are
Verse 15
Em
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C
The nerve of some people,
A
the nerve of some people
Em
The nerve of some people,
the nerve of some people
C
The nerve of some people,
A
the nerve of some people
Em
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Em
D
C
The nerve of some people, the nerve of some people
Outro 1
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Esus4
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