C#m         G#m                  F#m      G#m
     Many too many have stood where I stand

  C#m         G#m                F#m      G#m
     Many more,  will stand here too

   F#                      C#
     I think what I find strange is the way

          D#m              G               F#
     You built me up and knocked me down again

  C#m             G#m             F#m      G#m
     The part was fun but now it's over

  C#m         G#m                F#m      G#m
     Why can't I just leave the stage?

   F#                C#
     Maybe that's because you securely

      D#m               G                D
     Locked me up and threw away the key

           G  D                  G
     Oh mama,  please would you find the key

    D             G  D                  G             D    F#m
     Oh pretty mama,  please won't you let me go free

    B                   F#m  B                   F#m     B
     I thought I was lucky,   I thought that I'd got it made

                 F#m     G#
     How could I be so blind?

  C#m             G#m      F#m    G#m
     You said goodbye on a corner

  C#m         G#m                F#m    G#m
     That I thought led to the straight

   F#                 C#
     You set me on a firmly laid

         D#m                 G                   D
     And simple course and then removed the road

           G  D                G
     Oh mama,  please help me find my way

    D             G  D                  G                 D    F#m
     Oh pretty mama,  please lead me through the next day

    B                   F#m  B                   F#m     B
     I thought I was lucky,   I thought that I'd got it made

                 F#m     G#
     How could I be so blind?   Oh oh

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