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REFRÄNG:
SIb DO REm7 FA (4x)
SOLm FA/LA
Whatever happened to the funky race?
SIb DO
A generation lost in pace,
SOLm FA/LA
-Wasn´t life supposed to be more than this?
SIb DO
In this kiss I´ll change your bore for my bliss
SOLm FA/LA SIb
But let go of my hand and it will slip out in the sand if you don´t give me the chance
DO
to break down the walls of attitude,
SOLm FA/LA
I ask nothing of you
SIb DO
not even your gratitude
SIb
And if you think I´m corny
DO
then it will not make me sorry
REm7 FA
it´s your right to laugh at me
SIb DO
and in turn, that´s my opportunity
REm7 FA
to feel brave
SIb DO
'Cause it takes a fool to remain sane
REm7 FA
It takes a fool to remain sane
SIb DO
It takes a fool to remain sane
REm7 FA
In this world all covered up in shame
SOLm FA/LA SIb
Every morning I would see her getting off the bus the picture never drops
DO SOLm
it´s like a multicoloured snapshot stuck in my brain
FA/LA SIb
it kept me sane for a couple of years
DO
as it drenched my fears
SOLm
of becoming like the others
FA/LA
who become unhappy mothers
SIb DO
and fathers of unhappy kids
And why is that?
SIb DO
'Cause they´ve forgotten how to play
REm7 FA
maybe they´re afraid to feel ashamed
SIb
to seem strange
DO
to seem insane
REm7
to seem gay
FA
to gain weight
- I tell you this:
SIb DO
That it takes a fool to remain sane
REm7 FA
It takes a fool to remain sane
SIb DO
It takes a fool to remain sane
REm7 FA
In this world all covered up in shame
(-Oh, take it to the stage!)
SOLm FA/LA SIb
So, take it to the stage in a multicoloured jacket take it jackpot, crackpot,
DO
strutting like a peacock
SOLm
nailvarnish Arkansas
FA/LA SIb
shimmy-shammy featherboah crackpot haircut
DO
dye your hair in glowing red and blue,
SIb DO REm7 FA
-Do, Do, Do! What you wanna do, Don´t think twice, do what you have to do,
SIb DO REm7 FA
Do, Do, Do, let your heart decide what you have to do that´s all there is to find
SIb DO
Cause it takes a fool to remain sane,
REm7 FA
Oh,It takes a fool to remain sane
SIb DO
It takes a fool to remain sane
REm7 FA
In this world all covered up in shame
SIb DO
It takes a fool to remain sane,
REm7 FA
It takes a fool to remain sane
SIb DO
It takes a fool to remain sane
REm7 FA
In this world all covered up in shame
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