Standard (EADGBE)

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Many, too many have stood where I stand

Many more will stand here too

I think what I find strange is the way you built me up

 Then knocked me down again

The part was fun but now it's over

Why can't I just leave the stage?

Maybe that's because you securely locked me up

 Then threw away the key

 Oh, mama, please would you find the key?

Oh, pretty mama, please won't you let me go free?

I thought I was lucky, I thought that I'd got it made

 How could I be so blind?

You said goodbye on a corner

That I thought led to the straight

You set me on a firmly laid and simple course

 And then removed the road

 Oh, mama, please help me find my way

Oh, pretty mama, please lead me through the next day

I thought I was lucky, oh, I thought that I'd got it made

 How could I be so blind?

 Oh, oh

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Chords:

[x46654]

[x2x444]

[242222]

[464444]

[244322]

/ [x8669x]

[x68676]

[xx0433]

[320033]

[2x132x]

[xx0232]

[xx0030]

/ [x44222]

[x24442]

[466544]