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[Verse 1]
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Tell us once again this morning
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Old friend how did you win the war
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Everybody loves a hero
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It don't matter if they've heard the tale before
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And tell us of the time
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When almost everybody knew you were a star
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And how intelligent you are
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Prove that you're alive    Mr. Shuck and Jive

[Verse 2]
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You can tell us of the man
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Who stole your fortune and nearly ruined your life
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Or better still, the one about the TV
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And the couch and your best friend's wife
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Tell us of grand projects never finished
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With somebody else to blame
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And all the reasons that your fame
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Just never did arrive,  Mr. Shuck and Jive

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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If you can get yourself together
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Kindly write a criticism of this song
    C      F
How it's exquisitely constructed
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And yet mechanical and somehow slightly wrong
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And you can put it in your book
          C         Bb         F
About the enemy you never even met
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You know you just might make it yet
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But somehow you'll survive  Mr. Shuck and Jive