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[Verse] -
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Jimmy cream was keen, his brain was always winnin',
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I can't keep tabs on mine, it's really quite a joke
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I see him down the road, I ask if he'd be willing
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To lend me 15p - I'm dying for a smoke
[Chorus] -
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Don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
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I'm just as sane as anyone
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It's a just a game I play for fun - for fun.
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I told em - look! - I said I'm not the way you're thinkin,
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Just when I'm down, I'll be a clown, I'll play the fool.
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Please don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
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I'm just as sane as anyone
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It's just a game I play for fun - for fun.
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[Breakdown] -
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Will he take a sailboat ride?
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He is very likely to,
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Will he feel good inside?
F G F
He ain't very likely to,
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Will he tell you he's alive?
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He is always trying to
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But nothin', no nothin', does he say
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In the morning when the day's begun
- 'hello good morning, how are you? '
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And in the evening or the noonday sun
- 'what a lovely afternoon!'
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Well I've been living next to you
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Bluesy monday is the one day that they come here,
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When they haunt me and taunt me in my cage.
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I mock them all, they're feelin' small, they got no answer
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They're playin' dumb but I'm just lauging as they rage
[Chorus] -
Cm Cm/Bb Ab Ab Gm
Please Don't arrange to have me sent to no asylum
F Bb
It's only a game I play for fun
Eb Bb Eb
I've been foolin' everyone - everyone.
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[Breakdown] -
C F/C
Will he take a sailboat ride?
F G F
He is very likely to
C F/C
Will he feel good inside?
F G F
He ain't very likely to
C F/C
Will he tell you he's alive?
F G F
He is always tryin' to
C C/Bb Am
But nothin', no nothin' does he vere say
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In the morning when the day's begun
- 'do you think it looks like rain'?
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And in the evening or the noonday sun
- 'you know I nearly missed my train'
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Well I've been living next to you my friend
Ab
But what kind of friend are you?
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Is it the beginning or the sorry end?
Am
Will I ever see it through?
Am
I've never been insane
Ab
Oh what's the game?
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I believe I'm dy-ing...
[Outro] -
Dm Em F Em
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Dm Em F Em
Bb
(He's mad, mad, mad, mad...)
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Bb
(NOT QUITE RIGHT!)
Dm Em F Em
Bb
(WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!)
Dm Em F Em
Bb
Dm Em F Em
Bb
repeat [Intro] and fade
