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Em G D A Em G D A


[Verse 1]
Em          G        D          
 This is my life and this is how
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 it reads
Em         G          D        
 For every chapter, a thousand 
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memories
   Em        G             D     
 A murder, a mystery where 
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everybody bleeds
   Em         G             D    
 A fantasy, a thriller with 
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romance and disease


[Pre-Chorus 1]
      Em            G     D     A
Diary entry, 9th of May '62:
      Em            G          D 
We've had some ugly babies but 
                   A
none were quite like you
      Em       G        D        A
Diary entry, '62, end of May:
   Em              G              
It looks as if the nose and chin 
   D                  A
are definitely here to stay

                Cmaj7              
They're here to stay, they're here 
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to stay...


[Chorus]
      Em         G            
If my lips start smiling and my 
  D             A
knees start a-knocking
      Em       G   D        A
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
         Em        G             
And if I seem half hearted, it's 
D                  A
because I'm broken hearted
          Em       G   D        
And I'm a failure (You are, you 
A        Em    G
are, you are)

          Em   G   D        A
I am (You are, you are, you are)
  Em     G
I am...

D  A  Em  G  D  A

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[Verse 2]
Em          G        D          
 This is my life and this is how
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 it reads
   Em          G    D         A
 A documentary that nobody believes
Em     G          D             
Albert Steptoe in Gone With The 
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Breeze
Em               G                
Mother played by Peter Beardsley, 
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father by John Cleese


[Pre-Chorus 2]
      Em      G             D     A
Diary entry '68, end of the year:
  Em               G     D       
A cardboard Apollo 6 has given 
      A
the all clear
Em            G    D         A
11th December '68, Captain's log:
Em               G        D     
Proposed trip to Mars was 
           A
cancelled due to fog

Em          G         D      A
It's due to fog, it's due to fog...


[Chorus]
      Em         G            
If my lips start smiling and my 
  D             A
knees start a-knocking
      Em       G   D        A
I'm a failure (You are, you are)
         Em        G             
And if I seem half hearted, it's 
D                  A
because I'm broken hearted
          Em       G   D        
And I'm a failure (You are, you 
A        Em    G
are, you are)

          Em   G   D        A
I am (You are, you are, you are)
  Em     G
I am...

D  A  Em  G  D  A


[Verse 3]
Em           G            D     
 This is the play, it was I who 
          A
wrote the script
Em           G       D          
 Terry meets June in Tales From 
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The Crypt
Em                    G           
 It was going to be a film but the
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 camera person slipped
Em          G         D          
 They later found him scolding a 
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banana


[Pre-Chorus 3]
      Em     G       D       A
Diary entry, 10th of April '89:
    Em             G       D     
The world is going mad but me, 
        A
I'm doing fine

 Em       G      D        A
I'm doing fine, I'm doing fine...


[Other]
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality

Em      G    D       A
(Hup, hup, hup, hup, hup)


Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality
      Em      G    D       A
Hmmm, back to bed, back to reality
Em      G    D   A
(Pa, pa, pa, pa, pa)
Em      G    D       A
Back to bed, back to reality