One, two, three?
F G C Dm (2x)
Bbm
He's just a kid,
Am
he wants a ride.
G
They took his ears,
Dm
They took his eyes.
Bbm
They said a ride
Am
Is never free,
G
He couldn?t hear
Dm
He couldn?t see.
Bbm
Well there are things
Am
That have to die
G
So other things
Dm
Can stay alive
Bbm
The fire burns,
Am
It burns to give,
G
It has to burn, alive,
Dm
To live.
F G
The other men spoke low;
C Dm
They took a vote and said no.
F G
They turned around real slow
C Dm
Where did they go? Where did they go?
Bb
And the question, oh the question
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Am Bbm F G Dm
If the fire hasn?t died, say Nooooooooo
Bbm F G Dm
Say Nooooooooo
Bbm Am G Dm
Say, ?You don?t know what king we serve, boy.
Bbm Am G Dm
You don?t know what things we employ.?
F G
The other men spoke low;
C Dm
They took a vote and said no.
F G
They turned around real slow
C Dm
Where did they go? Where did they go?
F G C Dm x2
Bb
And the question, oh the question
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Am
If the fire doesn?t die
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Bb
Oh the question, oh the question
F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
Am
If the fire doesn?t die
Dm
I said be CAREFUL
Bb
Of what you wish for
Dm
Oh be CAREFUL
Bb
Of what you wish for
F
And be CAREFUL
C
Around the fire-light
Dm
And be CAREFUL
Bb
Around the bright, bright, light
F
?Cause the fire never dies
C
So the kid lost his eyes
Bb
Oh, that?s how it goes, Baby
That?s how it goes, Baby
That?s how it goes, Baby
That?s how it goes.
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