Parties

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         G         D       Em
Get your kicks and hit the ritz
    Am       D       G      Em
The world is full of hypocrites
         G        D        Em
Babbledi boop and gobbelty gook
C       G       Am       Em
All the caesars rule the pie
C       D        G       Em
And the chairman ate his tie
    G    D    Em
Now I'm gonna die

G

              D      Em
Here's to the parties
                   Bm
They'll be the end of me
G          D      Em
My time is waning
                  Bm
But I'm going out blazing

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       G       D      Em
Herod thrived, Jesus died
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    Am     D        G        Em
Cortés got rich and Schubert poor
       G    D      Em
Sobriety is such a bore
C       G       Am     Em
Home of Virgil, Donald Duck
C      D     G        Em
And Napoleon lost his sock
              G       D       Em
Come on let's rock around the clock

G

              D      Em
Here's to the parties
                   Bm
They'll be the end of me
G            D    Em
I'm going to hell
            Bm
But I do it well

G D Em Bm G D Em Bm
G D Em Bm G D Em

                  G      C
Philistine, grand smuggery
     D           Em
Bigoted arch bigotry
          G      D   Em
Nothing's new in history
C     G       Am         Em
Nero may have killed his mom
C          D    G       Em
And burned Rome for his hall
       G          D       Em
But he sure could throw a ball

G

              D     Em
Here's to the parties
                   Bm
They'll be the end of me
G                D    Em
Let's go down together
              Bm
Nothing's forever

G D Em Bm G D Em Bm

G    D  Em  Bm  G  D  Em
Dancing on the precipice
G    D  Em  Bm   G  D   Em
Surfing the wave of the abyss