Ballad Of A Thin Man chords

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      You walk into the room                    with your pencil in your hand
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      You see somebody naked and you            you say who is that man?
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      You try so hard but you                   Don't understand
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 Just what you will  say when you get           home                         Be-
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-cause something is happening here but you  don't know what it is
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    Do you?                         Mister  Jones

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    You raise up your head                     and you ask "is this where it is?"
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   And somebody points to you and           Says,        "It's his"
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  And you say "what's mine" and somebody  else says "well, what is?"  and you
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 Say,   "Oh my    god  am I here all  a  -  lone?"                          But
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  Something is    happening  and you     don't know what it is
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     Do you?                        Mister  Jones

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    You hand in your ticket                     and you go watch the geek
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   Who immediately walks up to you             when he hears you speak
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  and says, "how does it feel to              be such a freak?" and you say "im-
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 -possible" as he    hands you a            bone                             And
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  something is happening here but you       don't know what it is  
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    do you?                         Mister  Jones

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      You have many contacts                      Among the lumberjacks    to
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 Get you facts when someone attacks your imagination            
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      But nobody has any respect                 Anyway they already expect you
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 To all give a check to                      Tax-deductible      charity         organi-
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-zations                                                              Ahhhhhh..........

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     You've been with the professors and     they've all liked your looks
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     With great lawyers you have dis -      cussed lepers and crooks
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    You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books
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  You're very well   read it's well         known                           But
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  something  is    happening here and ya    don't know what it is
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     do you?                        Mister  Jones

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                                  Well the
 

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    sword swallower he comes up to          you and then he kneels
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    He crosses himself and then he             clicks his high heels        and 
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without further notice he asks you             how it feels           and he says
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 Here is your throat back thanks for the    loan
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  and you know something is happening but you don't know what it is
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     do you?                       Mister   Jones

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    you see this one-eyed midget              shouting the word "now"
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    and you say "for what reason"              and he says "how?"
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 and you say "what does this mean?" and he screams back "you're a cow"
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 Give me some        milk or else    go        home                     and you
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know something's happening but you don't   know what it is 
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     do you?                      Mister    Jones 

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                                   Well...

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 You walk into the room like a              camel and then you frown  
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    You put your eyes in your pocket and your   nose on the ground  
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    There oughtta be a law            a -   gainst you comin' around        You
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 Should be made to   wear ear               phones
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   Cause something is happening and you     don't know what it is
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      do you?                      Mister   Jones  

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                                   Whoaaaaaoooooh!