Csus4 C

[Verse 1]
C     F        C            F        C      G      C
Lenny Bruce is dead but his spirit's livin' on and on
C         Em      Am           C            F    C     F  C  G  G/C    F
Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Sy-na-non
          C      F           C     F
He was an outlaw, that’s for sure
           C           F  Em Dm C G    G/C
More of an outlaw than yo--u ever were
C     F     Em C            F        C      G      C
Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit’s livin’ on and on

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[Verse 2]
C        F   C                         F      C       G             C
Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn’t work out
C      Em       Am           F             C            F                C         G     F
But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talkin’ about
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Never robbed any churches nor cut off any babies’ heads
        F                      C             F     Em Dm    C        G     G/C
He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds
C            F     C         F      C     G       C
He’s on some other shore, he didn’t wanna live anymore

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[Verse 3]
C     F        C           F      C G        C
Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn’t commit any crime
C       F       Em             F       C   F      C   G     F
He just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time
  C            F          C    F
I rode with him in a taxi once
           F                C              F   Em Dm C      G
Only for a mile and a half, seemed like it took a couple of months
C     F           C               F    C    G              C
Lenny Bruce moved on and like the ones that killed him are gone

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[Verse 4]
C              F      C              F      C    G      C
They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules
   C               Em       F      C         F  C    F    C    G
He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools
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They stamped him and they labeled him like they do with pants and shirts
   F                 C                 F  Em Dm   C  G      C
He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts
      F         C               F       Em   G         C
Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had
      F         C               F       Em   G         C
Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had