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This is the actual key of the song, which is F#. If you want to play the song with open chords, tune down half a step to Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb tuning, and then transpose the song up a half step.
C#I was surBprised I was F#happy for a dBay In 19C#75 B A#mI was puzzled G#mby a dream F#Stayed with me all daBy In 19C#95 B A#mMy brother G#mhad confessed F#He was gay it Btook the heat off C#Me for a while B He A#mstood up with a G#msailor friend F#Made it known uBpon my sister’s C#Wedding day B A#m G#m C#
C#Got married Bin a rush To F#save a kid from Bbeing deported C#Now she's in love B OoA#moh, I was so G#mtouched I was F#moved to kick the Bcrutches From my C#crippled friend B C#She was not iBmpressed Cause I F#cured her on the BSabbath I C#went to confessB F#When she saw the G#mfunny side We A#mintroduced my Bchild bride To C#whisky and ginB To A#mwhisky and gin B C#
C#The priest in the Bbooth Had a F#photographic Bmemory For aC#ll he had heard B He A#mtook all of my G#msins And he F#wrote a pocket Bnovel Called "C#;The State That I??B?m In" And C#so I gave mByself to God There F#was a pregnant Bpause Before he C#said OK B F#Now I spend my G#mdays Turning A#mtables round in BMarks & Spencer C#They don't seem to Bmind A#m B
F#I gave myself to sin I A#mgave myself to Providence And EI've been there and back again The G#mstate that I am in F#I gave myself to sin I A#mgave myself to Providence And EI've been there and back again The G#mstate that I am in C#
C#Oh love of Bmine Would you F#condescend to Bhelp me Cause I’C#m stupid and Bblind Oh and deA#msperation G#mis the Devil's F#Work, it is the Bfolly Of a C#boy’s emptBy mind Oh and A#mnow I'm feelin??G#m? dangerous F#Riding on city Bbuses For a C#hobby is sad B Why don’t yoF#u leave me to G#ma living end I A#mpromise that I'd Bentertain My C#crippled friendB My A#mcrippled friend B
F#I gave myself to sin I A#mgave myself to Providence And EI've been there and back again The G#mstate that I am in F#I gave myself to sin I A#mgave myself to Providence And EI've been there and back again The G#mstate that I am in F#I gave myself to sin I A#mgave myself to Providence And EI've been there and back again The G#mstate that I am in F#I gave myself to sin I A#mgave myself to Providence And D#mI've been there and back again The C#state that I am in
BI gave myself to sin And F#I’ve been there and back again Oh C#yeah