Misc Originals – Charlie Hodgson - Ballad Of A Basement (Guitar)

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I got the news I grew up overnight

      C            D               G
And I owe it to my folks to go and do this whole thing right

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So I headed off to the university

    C                D            G
And hit the books so hard that my hands began to bleed

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I got a BA in BS and a PhD

   C                 D/F#           G
In finding brand new ways to ask my father for money

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This basement's getting smaller everyday

         C              D                G
I need a job, a life, a wife and someday someplace else to stay

      Em     D
And I know I should

          C      G   D/F#
Give this up for good

     Em            D
But what good is a dream

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If you keep it in your sleep

          Em        D
Scream it loud and clear

        C            G   D/F#
So that everyone can hear

     D
It's who you are, yeah, you're a star

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Don't wanna trade in my chucks for a tie and suit

             C             D          G
Don't wanna trade in these days for a memory of my youth

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I'm still young, but these things weren't built to last

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The limit is the sky, but this plane was built to crash

      Em     D
And I know I should

          C      G   D/F#
Give this up for good

     Em            D
But what good is a dream

       C                G   D/F#
If you keep it in your sleep

          Em        D
Scream it loud and clear

        C            G   D/F#
So that everyone can hear

     D
It's who you are, yeah, you're a star

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To you this all may seem like a waste of time

     C                    D              G
Just heart transplants to notebook paper lines

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But when it's all over and we're both asked "What did you do?"

       C             D          G
Which one of us can say we did just what we wanted to?

      Em     D
And I know I should

          C      G   D/F#
Give this up for good

     Em            D
But what good is a dream

       C                G   D/F#
If you keep it in your sleep

          Em        D
Scream it loud and clear

        C            G   D/F#
So that everyone can hear

     D
It's who you are, yeah, you're a star