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[Verse 1] [Bm]I sa[C#]il ou[Csus4]t on[Dm] my pa[Eb]per s[Gsus4]hip The sea is made of [F#]fire[F#sus4][F#][Bm] I ride my horse of nuts and bolts We made to never tire [G] [Verse 2] [Em] The world is just a simple [A]circle[Asus4][A] [Bsus4]I've got to keep on turn[E] ing[Asus4], [A]yea[Bsus4]h I've got to keep on turn [A]ing[Asus4][A] [C#]'Til I [Csus4]fall [F] [Verse 3] [C]Dow[Dm]n to the top of a [D#]mountain[Gm] [Gsus4]Inside a hollow stone[G] [F#m][F#sus4][F#][Bm] I pretend that I'm an iron man, yeah Instead of flesh and bone [G][Em] [Verse 4] The world is just a simple [Asus4]circle[A][Bsus4][A] And it [Bsus4]keep on turn[Asus4] ing,[G] [Em]yeah[A] [Bsus4]And it keep on tu[E]rn [Asus4]ing[A][Em][A] [C#]You've [Eb]got t[Csus4]o[F][C] [Interlude 1] [Dm][Eb][Gsus4][G][F#] [Bm][G] [Em] [Asus4][A][E][A][Em][A] [Asus4][A][C#][D#][Csus4][C][Dm][C] [Verse 5] [Dm]Go away I can't stand [D#]to see your fa[Gm]ce Cause [G]you've seen the [Gsus4]weakest [F#m]me[F#][Bm] And now you know I'm only human Instead of all the things I'd like [G]to be [Verse 6] [Em] The world is just a simple [A]circle You've got to [Bsus4]keep on t[A]urn[Asus4] ing, [A]yeah You've got to keep on [G]turn[Em]ing [A]Or [A]down you fall[Dm]
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