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I don't know how I'm gonna tell you 
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I can't play with you no more
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I don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me
F#m G#m         B        G#m  F#m  E  F#m  
My  friend, the boy next door

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G#m  F#m   E  F#m 

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  F#m   G#m          B      G#m    F#m  E  F#m  E
I can't believe what people saying
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You're gonna let your hair hang down
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I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long
       F#m    G#m    B       G#m  F#m  E  F#m
You're in the darker side of town

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G#m  F#m   E  F#m 

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    F#m      G#m   B       G#m     F#m  E  F#m  E    
And when I'm out I see you walking 
    F#m        G#m  B   G#m  F#m  E  F#m  E
Why don't your eyes see me?
F#m      G#m       B      G#m    F#m     E      F#m  E
Could it be you've found another game to play?  
F#m  G#m      B      G#m  F#m  E  F#m
What did mama say to me?


Bm                                           
That's the way, Oh, that's the way it ought to be

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Bm                                              B     E7  F#m
Yeah, yeah, mama say that's the way it ought to stay

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And yesterday I saw you standing by the river
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And weren't those tears that filled your eyes?
    F#m     G#m       B      G#m   F#m   E     F#m  E
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying
F#m G#m          B    G#m   F#m  E  F#m  
Had they got you hypnotized?

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G#m  F#m   E  F#m
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G#m  F#m   E  F#m 

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    F#m   G#m   B       G#m     F#m  E       F#m  E
And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers
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But all that lives is born to die
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And so I say to you that nothing really matters 
    F#m     G#m   B         G#m  F#m  E  F#m  E
And all you do is stand and cry

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G#m  F#m   E  F#m
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G#m  F#m   E  F#m 

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  F#m        G#m     B    G#m  F#m  E  F#m  E 
I don't know what to say about it 
     F#m     G#m  B            G#m  F#m  E  F#m  E
When all you ears have turned away
    F#m       G#m     B        G#m   F#m     E        F#m   E
But now's the time to look and look again at what you see
   F#m      G#m    B        G#m   F#m  E  F#m
Is that the way it ought to stay?


Bm                                           
That's the way, Oh, that's the way it ought to be

E    F#m  G#m  B 
(no lyrics)
G#m  F#m   E  F#m
(no lyrics)

Bm                                              B     E7  F#m
Yeah, yeah, mama say that's the way it ought to stay

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A   B    E
A   B    E

E  F#m  G#m  A  B
A   B    E
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