O Lucky Man

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If you have a friend on whom you 
D
think you can rely -
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You are a lucky man!
A                                  
If you've found the reason to live 
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on and not to die -
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You are a lucky man!
F                       G        
Preachers and poets and scholars 
               (Gb)
don't know it,
F                       G        
Temples and statues and steeples 
               (Gb)
won't show it,
   F
If you've got the secret just try 
not to blow it
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 - Stay a lucky man!
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   A Lucky man
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If you've found the meaning of the 
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truth in this old world-
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You are a lucky man!
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If knowledge hangs around your neck
      D
 like pearls instead of chains
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 - You are a lucky man!
F                     G          
Takers and fakers and talkers 
            (Gb)
won't tell you.
F                           G    
Teachers and preachers will just 
                 (Gb)
buy and sell you.
F
When no one can tempt you with 
heaven or hell-
            A
You'll be a lucky man!


[ solo over chords]
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F                     G          
Takers and fakers and talkers 
            (Gb)
won't tell you.
F                           G    
Teachers and preachers will just 
                 (Gb)
buy and sell you.
F
When no one can tempt you with 
heaven or hell-
            A          G G D
You'll be a lucky man!
        A                   C
Youd be better by far to be just 
what you are
        D                       F 
You can be what you want if you 
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are what you are
            A         G G D
And thats a lucky  man
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