G
Stop thief; you're gonna come to grief
C
If you don't take a little more care.
G Em7 C G
You're gonna get more than the family plan
C G
From this one shoestring affair.
Em A C G F
I may be crazy but I can't contemplate being trapped between the doctor
C Bm
And the magistrate.
G
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
C
One of these days.
G
One of these days I'm gonna pay it back, pay it back,
C
One of these days.
G
And then they told me I could be somebody
C
if I didn't let too much get in my way.
G Em7 C G
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And I tried so hard just to be myself,
C G
but I keep on fading away.
Em A C G
Until the lights went out, I didn't know what to do.
F C Bm
If I could fool myself, then maybe I'd fool you too.
**REFR�O
G
I wouldn't say that I was raised on romance.
C
Let's not get stuck in the past.
G Em7 C G
I love you more than everything in the world.
C G
I don't expect that will last.
Em C G
They told me everything was guaranteed.
F C Bm
Somebody somewhere must've lied to me.
**REFR�O (Repeat And Fade)