Native Son

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[Verse]
B       Abm         E            B
Can you spare me a quarter?
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Though I have no one to call
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I just thought it might save my 
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ass one day
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If the sky or the free world were 
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to fall
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This is the only thing that I can
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 do
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This is the only thing I know how to
 say
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And when everything is gone

[Verse]
E                         B
And the night it seems to grow long
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Will you play this record anyway?
 E  B

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There are a million ways to say it
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There are a million lies to 
    Abm      E
choose from
B             E
So don't look up

[Verse]
E   B     E         B           
You might find that your head is 
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stuck
B                         E      
No one's going to bail us out of 
      B
this one

[Chorus]
E            Dbm        B
Every time I call your name
E         Dbm             B
Somehow I wish it was the same
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E          B               Dbm   
For me and you and all the things
 E      B
 we do
E      Dbm
Not in vain

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
Ab                        E
Maybe I could give you a ride
E      B  E                 B
Though I don't really own a car
Abm                       E
Well it isn't anything so different
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Than living underneath a dying star
Abm                      E      B
Well this is what we all get up for
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When the clocks go out of time

[Verse]
B                   E
Cause nothing short of
E        B
War and death and money
Abm        B                  E 
Will ever fucking change your 
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mind
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There are a million ways to die son
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And there are a million places to 
 B        Abm
choose from
Abm
So don't look up

[Verse]
E                         B      
You might find that your head is 
Abm
stuck
Abm      B
No one's going to bail us out of 
this one

[Chorus]
Dbm                     E
Every time I call your name
E          Dbm             B
Somehow I wish it was the same
B   E              Dbm           
For me and you and all the things we
 B
 do
E         Dbm
Not in vain

[Instrumental]
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[Chorus]
Dbm                     E
Every time I call your name
E          B      Dbm      B
Somehow I wish it were the same
B   E              Dbm           
For me and you and all the things we
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 do
E         Dbm E Dbm
Not in vain

[Bridge]
E             Dbm               B
And who will kill this native son?
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Who will learn from everything 
        B
we have done?
E               B      Db       
And who will we get to stand up 
    B
for tomorrow?
E               B      Db       
And who will we get to stand up 
B    E
for tomorrow?

[Other]
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E            B
Native son
B             E
Native son
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