Rubato, piano only
C | E7 | Am | D | Cadd9 |
C | E | Am | Am |
Ba ba da ba |
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Ba ba da ba |
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Beauty queens and | libertines and | beggars on their benches |
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They | go to sleep and | dream like you and | I |
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Billionaires behi | nd their walls and | soldiers in their trenches |
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We’re | all just looking | for a reason | why |
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To get out of | bed in the | morning (ah, ah | ) |
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To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits |
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‘Cause sometimes | reality’s | boring (ah, ah | ) |
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And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it | is |
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Everyb | ody’s gotta | live (yes, they do) |
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And everyb | ody’s gonna | die |
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Everyb | ody try to have a, | a good time |
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I think you | know the reason why |
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So | pour a drink, or | have a smoke, ‘cause | we all got our vices |
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Just | doing what we | need to to get | by |
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Wear a dress, your | Sunday best, what | ever you feel nice in |
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‘Cause | god knows we all | need a reason | why |
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To get out of | bed in the | morning (ah, ah | ) |
C | E | Am | |
To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits |
C | E | Am | |
‘Cause sometimes | reality’s | boring (ah, ah | ) |
C | E | Am | |
And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it | is |
C | E | Am |
Everyb | ody’s gotta | live (yes, they do) |
C | E | Am |
And everyb | ody’s gonna | die |
C | E | Am |
Everyb | ody try to have a, | a good time |
C | E | Am |
I think you | know the reason why |
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Taxi cars and | prison bars, and | history repeating |
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We | build our little | boxes, you and | I |
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So | cross your heart or | read your cards, what | ever you believe in |
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‘Cause | god knows we all | need a reason | why |
C | E | Am | |
To get out of | bed in the | morning |
C | E | Am | |
To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits |
C | E | Am | |
‘Cause sometimes | reality’s | boring |
C | E | Am | |
And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it | is |
C | E | Am |
Everyb | ody’s gotta | live (yes, they do) |
C | E | Am |
And everyb | ody’s gonna | die |
C | E | Am |
Everyb | ody try to have a, | a good time |
C | E | Am |
I think you | know the reason why |
C | E | Am | |
To get out of | bed in the | morning (everybody’s gotta | live) |
C | E | Am | |
To fight off the | urge to just | go call it | quits (everybody’s gotta live) |
C | E | Am | |
‘Cause sometimes | reality is | boring (everybody’s gotta | live) |
Last chord is implied
C | E | Am | |
And it’s a | shame, but it’s | just how it i | s |