Capo on 1st 
Intro:     c  
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When you?re      one of us 
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You can     stay here for the     rest of your life
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    I?ll open windows when you     want to look out
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At the     transit of Venus ?cross the     sun 
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As you?re     gathering dust
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        Ancient dragons and the     cicadas come
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        Edges jagged as you?re      coming undone
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On the     white soft feathers of your     bed 
Chorus:
              Am                                                  
You know how      hard I try
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     But I won?t get nowhere     analyzing your     life
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But it?s people that you      lose
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    When you become a re -     cluse 
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Turn a -     way from us 
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     Days are darker when the     winter comes
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     Can?t remove yourself from      what you have done
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On the     rack where your reputation     lies 
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Do you     want to exist
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     Between the lightning and the     mental bliss
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     Or needing nothing and with     no one to miss
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Like a     stray dog licking on a     statue 
Chorus:
             Am                                                   
Solitude is      hard to find
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    And they?re all too busy     organizing your     life
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But it?s people that you      lose
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    When you become a re -     cluse 
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Well don?t be so     nervous now
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    All I want is to be     dancing round in your     light
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With the colours that you       choose
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    When you become a re -     cluse 
Inter:
C             D                                                     
    Oooooo ?"     oohh
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    Oooooo ?"     oohh
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I make     any excuse to stay     home
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But I     can?t do that 
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And I     must come back
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There?s     people that stay at     home
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They?re     watching a game of     thrones
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And     wondering what comes    next
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Well     you can?t do that 
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And you     must come back
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    Pictures of geese fly 
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    They around us and this     leads to that
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     Take us everywhere and     bring us back
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Well I      dreamed that Jesus had a     gun
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Chorus:
                  Am                                              
And it?s getting      cold outside
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    And they?re all too busy     organizing your     life
                          Dm7                                      
But it?s people that you      lose
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    When you become a re -     cluse 
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    Yeah/
F ?" G      4x 
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  I think Howard   Hughes would   love to   be on the   internet 
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  I think Sly   Stone should take   back what he   owns on the   internet 
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  Bobby Fischer   lost and   won then   took a   permanent   holiday 
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  He?ll be back to   host a va -   riety   show on   television some -   day  
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    JD Salin -   ger   lived long a -   go and   far away 
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  Greta Garbo   parked her   car and   walked home from a   glamorous   party 
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I just wanted to be alone
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