Intro: E C#m E C#m

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

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

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

E
was that a laugh or cough?
C#m
please drop my cousin off
E
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
A                                E
she's been beaten up, she's been battered down
C#m
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
C#m
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...