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Dm
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E
Many's the time I've been mistaken,
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Am
And many times confuse.
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C
Dm
C
G
E
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken,
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Am
And certainly misused.
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G
F
C
Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright,
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G
E
E7
I'm just weary to my bones.
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C
G
D
G
Still, you don't expect to be bright and bonvivant,
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G
E
Dm
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G
C
So far away from home, So far away from home
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F
C
Dm
C
G
E
I don't know a soul whose not been battered,
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E7
Am
I don't have a friend who feels at ease,
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F
C
Dm
C
G
E
I don't know a dream whose not been shattered,
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Am
Or driven to its knees.
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G
F
C
Oh, but It's alright, It's alright,
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G
E
E7
For we lived so well so long.
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G
C
G
D
G
Still when I think of the road we're traveling on,
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F
C
G
E
I wonder what's gone wrong.
Dm
C
G
C
I can't help it; I wonder what has gone wrong
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And I dream I was dying,
G
Am
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly,
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F
C
G
And looking back down at me smiled reassuringly.
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And I dreamed I was flying,
G
Am
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
G
The Statue of Liberty,
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C
G
Sailing away to sea,
C
And I dreamed I was flying.
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F
C
Dm
C
G
E
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower,
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Am
We come on the ship that sailed the moon.
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C
Dm
C
G
E
We come in the age's most uncertain hours,
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Am
And sing the American Tune.
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G
F
C
Oh, and it's alright, it's alright,
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G
E
E7
You can be forever blessed.
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G
C
G
D
G
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day,
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C
G
E
And I'm trying to get some rest,
Dm
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G
C
That's all I'm trying, to get some rest.