Fresh Air For My Mama

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F              Bbmaj7
So say one and so say all
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Say what you gotta say Or don't 
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say nothing at all
Abmaj7                        
You've been tossin' and turnin' 
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through soft sticky nights
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While the Bronx below you fights to
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 stay alive

F              Bbmaj7
So say one and so say all
F                                
Be what you gotta be Or don't be 
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nothing at all
Abmaj7                            
Be gracious to your mother When 
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you leave this neighbourhood

(The change is going to do her good)
        Ebmaj7
Next to me you look bad
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`Cos there ain't no fresh air for 
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my mama, my mama

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But the drop is shear When you break
 away

C
Take me away
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It's just about time to hit the road
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And say  You gotta believe in 
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something
    C
It's easy to see
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My God is fading away
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So pick up your bible    and pray
     C
 for me
      F
We're all alone in the darkness
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But our eyes are wide open
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We don't see nothing
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And our hands are tied
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To the railings of the Bowery
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And the humid city slickers

F              Bbmaj7
So say one and so say all
F                          Eb7
We had a lot to say And we said it 
all
Abmaj7                          
The cost of livin' in dreams Is 
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rising like a crime wave

(The American way of dying - The 
American way of dying)
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And it gets you every time
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And it looks like it's got to my 
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mama  My mama
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May she rest....in....peace
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