Intro: C#m G#m (x2)
verse 1
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I was a paperboy, back when there was paper boys
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Bookstores and record shops, bricks and mortar.
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Now I made the cover but I cant pay the band
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What's more important is we’re building a brand
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Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
verse 2
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Pass a hat for pennies, Kickstart some fans
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If you can tweet something brilliant, you’ve got a marketing plan.
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Jingling and jangling, living in a van
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If we could just sell some t-shirts, we could pay for the gas.
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man.
Instrumental
E G#m A E
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verse 3
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Now that the future has swallowed the past.
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Its one step forward. And two steps back
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man.
E G#m Amaj7
Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man
E D F#m
You gotta do what you can when you’re a song and dance man.
Outro
E G#m A E (End)