[Intro]

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[Verse]
  E                     A   E                E              A   E
Minds change they get rearranged there's nothing that you can do
  E                        A  E         E         A     E
Games are played from day to day the winner is seldom you
     A                             D   A                         D A
You draw the line, it's crossed every time, it's hard to take a stand
     E                           A   E           E          A  E
You get verbal mace blowing in your face, like grow up and be man
     B                        B    E   B
So what do you do, you just think it through
       B                        E  B
You decide then you're on your way
          E
You can follow the rest and barely pass the test, put your life on layaway

[Bridge]

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[Verse]

 E                                     A    E        E              A   E
Yeah, it's never been done you're the only one, for sure, or so it seems
      E                               E   A     E
You thought of it first, so they can do their worst
   E             A          E
Nobody's gonna steal your dreams
       A                      A   D    A          A          A    D   A
But reality bites and has you in her sights, and hauls your plan away
               E                        A   E
So you start again and every now and then
       E                  E     A   E
Looky here, now your're making headway
     B                      B   E    B               B                    E B
You plod along 'cause your will is strong, you're determined to have your say
         E
You're bound to win for you'll never again, put your life on layaway

[Solo]

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[Bridge]

  B                               D
Ideas come and then they go, too fast to grab a hold
                E                           A   E          E
So you take it all in, do the best you can, or be left out in the cold

[Verse]

      E                  E     A  E         E                     A   E
You should do this, you could do that, everybody wants to fill a need
                E                     E   A   E
But when you decide to take it all in stride
              E                    A  E
Between the lines they can't ever read
                A                       A   D    A          A             A     D   A
They say that life's a sport, but it's way too short never dwell on the petty stuff
        E                    E    A      E             E              A  E
If you let it ride down the playground slide as they storm out in a huff
             B                       B        E     B
Then you'll win, my friend, when it comes to day's end
                B                      B E B
'Cause you'll never have to hear them say
          E
That he packed it all in, such a dreadful sin his whole life is on layaway

[Outro]

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