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Verse 1
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While other lads were trying
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Or pitching pennies on the parlor floor,
Esus4
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Their pleasures left me
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colder than an icicle,
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For I knew what I was predestined for.
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E
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Yes, he knew what he
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B
was predestined for.
Bm
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I got a job and worked both
F#m
day and night at it.
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I watched the cheese
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but never watched the clock.
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A
The big boss thought I was
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so very bright at it.
D#dim
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E
Fdim
F#m
But when he died he left me all the stock.
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Bm
I was there when opportun
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ity came to knock.
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B
Like the hero in an outer novel,
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he was born and brought up in a hobble.
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B
Though I often had to face disaster,
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Em
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I would al ways prove myself a master.
Em
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He would always prove himself a master.
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I'm a man of very quick decision,
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F#
for I always have the gift of vision.
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He upholds the country's constitution,
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E
Em
F#m
and he hates the Russian Revolution.
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Em
B
How he makes the Russian Revolution!
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He opposes the country's laws
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Am
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Because, because, because, be cause
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I am a typical self -made American
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I've been a go -getter
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ever since life began
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In a modest way I feel,
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I am basically sound,
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Em
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with my shoulder to the wheel,
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and my two feet on the ground.
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He is a typical, typical,
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typical South Bay American.
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Em
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Em
C#m
F#
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From the
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lowest of the ranks I've risen
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Now both honor
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and success are his 'n
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An d now tell him of
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your sense of humor
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Of your devastating sense of humor
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F#
I'm a mason and an elk and woodman
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E
Which unquestionably
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I've been very good to dear old mother
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E
Em
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So we'll never work for any other.
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We don't care to work for any other.
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And we give him our applause,
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because, because,
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be cause, be cause
He is a typical self -made American.
With wheat cakes for breakfast,
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cornflakes and lots of bread.
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I'm as good a man, I feel,
Gm
C
as a ruler who is crowned
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With my shoulder to the wheel
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D
and my two feet on the ground
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I am a typical, typical, typical,
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G
self -made American
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F#m
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Esus4
Faug
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F#
Bm
D#dim
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Em
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Am
Gm
C
C#dim
C#m
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