Fm E Fm E C#7

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The build up lasted for days
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lasted for weeks,         lasted too long
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our hero withdrew, when there was two
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he could not choose one, so there was none


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worn into he vaguely announced

                   
                  A
the spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley
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fading, oh so quiet but constant 'til it passed
              A
over the ridge into the distances
                                         E
written on your ticket to remind you where to stop
        C#7              A
(and) when to get off 
                                                                            
     

       E
[ the spinning top made a sound like a train across the valley
                                    C#7              A
fading, oh so quiet but constant 'til it passed

over the ridge into the distances
                         E
written on your ticket to remind you where to stop
        C#7        A
(and) when to get off   ] x2

End: "When to get off" on A E C#7