The Name Of The Game Cifras

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I saw the railway master and I looked him in the eye
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I said, "Would you go much faster if you thought that you would die?"
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He said, "Not me, sir, I could not care, in fact I would not try
D                 A
Protest would not take me far
     G                 D
It's different, me not being a star"
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I lock my feelings in a jar until another day
 
 
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Oh, comfort me, dear brother, won't you tell me what you know?
D                 A                F                 D
Somewhere in this paper world is a place where I can go
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Oh, long awaiting mother, is it time to make a show?
    D                A
And take your babies to your breast
G            D
No, we never passed the test
B                   G              D             A
All our sins should be confessed before we carry on
 
 
E           Bm
Oh, don't refuse me
       G              D         A
If you choose me, you follow my shame
E            Bm
No, don't confuse me
      G             D           A
For I know it's the name of the game
 
 
A             Bm           F#m              C#m
Got up off my pillow and I looked up at the sun
       D                 A               G                   D
Said, "You can see quite clearly now the things that we have done
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We burned your sacred willow and our battles we have won
    D             A
But did we get so very far?
     G                 D
It's different, me not being a star"
  B                G          D          A
I lock my feelings in a jar until we go away
 
 
E           Bm
Oh, don't refuse me
       G              D         A
If you choose me, you follow my shame
E            Bm
No, don't confuse me
      G             D           A
For I know it's the name of the game
 
 
E           Bm
Oh, don't refuse me
       G              D         A
If you choose me, you follow my shame
E            Bm
No, don't confuse me
      G             D           A
For I know it's the name of the game
 
 
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