Tonart: F# major
Verse 1
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G
I was surprised
D
G
A
G
I was happy for a day in 1975
D
Em
I was puzzled by a dream
D
G
A
G
D
It stayed with me all day in 1995
Em
D
My brother had confessed he was gay
G
A
G
It took the heat off me for a while
D
Em
He stood up with a sailor friend
D
G
A
Made it known upon my sister's wedding
Interlude 1
day.
G
D
F#m
D
Em
A
Verse 2
G
D
Got married in a rush to save a
G
kid from being deported
A
G
D
Now she's in love
I was so touched,
Em
D
G
I was moved to kick the crutches
A
G
From my crippled friend
D
A
Em
She was not impressed
G
D
Cause I cured her on the Sabbath
G
A
G
I went to confess
D
Em
When she saw the funny side,
G
D
G
we introduced my child bride
A
G
To whiskey and gin
F#m
To whis key and gin.
Interlude 2
Em
A
Verse 3
G
The priest in the booth had
D
G
a photographic memory
G
F#m
Em
He took all of my sin s and
D
G
he wrote a pocket novel
A
G
Called The State That I'm In
A
Em
So I gave myself to God
G
D
G
There was a pregnant pause
A
G
before he said okay
D
Em
G
Em
G
Now I spend my days turning tables
D
G
round in Marks & Spencer
A
G
They don't seem to mind.
F#m
A
Em
G
Verse 4
D
F#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
D
C
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
Em
D
The state that I am in.
Verse 5
D
F#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
D
C
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
Em
The state that I am in.
Interlude 3
Em
A
Verse 6
D
G
would you condescend to help me?
A
G
Cause I am stupid and blind
F#m
Em
Des peration is the Devil's work,
D
G
A
G
it is the folly Of a boy's empty mind
F#m
Oh and now I'm feeling
A
Em
dan gerous
D
G
A
Riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
G
D
Em
Why don't you lead me to a living end
G
D
G
I promised that I'd entertain
A
G
my crippled friend,
F#m
A
My crippled friend.
Em
Verse 7
D
F#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
D
C
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
Em
The state that I am in.
Verse 8
Em
D
F#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
D
C
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
Em
The state that I am in.
Verse 9
D
F#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
D
C
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
Em
D
The state that I am in.
Verse 10
D
F#m
I gave myself to sin, I gave
Bm
Myself to providence and I've
Been there and back again
A
G
The state that I am in.
Verse 11
I gave myself to sin
D
And I've been there and back again
D
A
Oh yeah
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