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don't pass me a comb 
C#m                         B 
cause I got me a poem running through my mind 

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don't remind me you're dead 
C#m                              B 
cause i'd rather think instead of the times you lived 

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forcing the circumstance 
C#m                B 
chasing ambulances up the road 

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was that a laugh or cough? 
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please drop my cousin off 
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he's heading home to Perth 
C#                       B 
he got his money's worth in Canada 

C#m                          G#m 
but he sure had a lot to say about America today 
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she's been beaten up, she's been battered down 
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but we all get confused 
G#m 
lose sight of those tiny clues 
A       B 
chasing ambulances 

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some chasing the mighty buck 
C#m                                E 
some chase till their wheels get stuck 
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some chasing piles of dirt 
C#m                       B 
some chasing a piece of skirt 

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some chasing their own tails 
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some chase till all else fails 
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some chasing common sense 
C#m                    B 
some chasing a picket fence 

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me, i'd rather chase you down 
C#m                           B 
don't ask me how I found the balls to say "hey, hey, hey..." 

C#m                            G#m 
but I sure got a lot to learn about waiting for my turn 
A                                  E 
but i've been beaten up, i've been battered down 
C#m 
but we all get confused 
G#m 
lose sight of those tiny clues 
A        B 
chasing ambulances 

            E          A     B 
i'd rather chase you down, yeah 
            E      A    B 
not ambulances, child, no 
            E           A     B 
i'd rather chase you down 
             
not ambu- 
E    A     C#m             B 
Not ambulances, child, no, no... 

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