Chords with lyrics
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This is it folks, over the top
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Verse 1:
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He was selling postcards from a paper stand
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The whiskey bottle in his withered hand
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Put his finger on a photo from an old magazine
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Saw himself in the shadow of his dream
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They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown
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Told him his feet stank and took him downtown
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Called him agitator, spy and thief
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Shut him up in solitary third degree
Chorus:
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
E MajorE A augmentedA
Reel him in
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Verse 2:
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He tried to appeal to the king of might
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Said "I'm just exercising my sacred right"
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The king he said "You ain't got no rights
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You're a madman, a traitor, get outta my sight"
Chorus:
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
E MajorE A augmentedA
Reel him in
Guitar Solo in C majorC 12th fret:
C majorC C minorCm G+G B minorBm E MajorE C majorC C minorCm G+G B minorBm E MajorE
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Verse 3:
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They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown
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Told him his feet stank and took him downtown
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Called him agitator, spy and thief
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Shut him up in solitary third degree
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Then they put him aboard a well wound whirlwind
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Pulled out his teeth and they told him to grin
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He gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine
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And said "I never existed, you've been wasting your time"
Chorus:
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
E MajorE A augmentedA
Reel him in
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
E MajorE A augmentedA
Reel him in
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long line
D MajorD E MajorE
Take a long, long long long line
E MajorE A augmentedA
Reel him in