Company Of Fools Chords by Great Big Sea

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[D] _ Ring [Gm] on the [D] cloud, the docus and the booms, [G] I have the time of my life and [D] the life of
my time in the company of fools.
Many a Jewish word [G] has been spoken by the jester, standing against the [A] tide is the noblest of gestures.
[D] The little pearls of wisdom [G] that tremble from the light can make us laugh [D] until we cry because
we know that they are right.
_ _ [A] Within the strangest people [D] truth can find the strangest hope, [E] so meet me in the village,
[A] for I'll be the expert.
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Ring on the cloud, the jokers and the [G] booms, I have the time of my [D] life and the life of
my time in the company of fools. _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ I've waited through the worst of [Gm] years, in the [D] gardens of the [G] gentry, bloom [D] and [A] victuity
leaves vines and pockets [D] empty.
Now in the social order [G] I accept the bottom run, until [D] the wine is pouring and the Lord
commands a song.
[A] So meet me at the [D] staff door, where the posers all go home, [E] we'll gather with the other fools
and [A] put on a proper show.
_ _ [D] Ring on the cloud, the jokers and the booms, [G] I have the time of my life, in [D] my life and
my time in the company of fools.
Ring on the cloud, the jokers and the booms, [G] I have the time of [D] my life in of my life and
my time in the company of fools.
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_ [D] _ _ [A] So here's to the poorest [G] poet [D] who always pens the truth
[G] And the players, [D] writers, gypsies and the minstrels in their [A] tunes
I'd rather live an honest [D] lifetime with those with nothing to lose
Than waste a night knee-deep in shite that's polished slick
To look defied at by the level I'd die _ _ _
[A] In the company [D] of fools _ _ _
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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] on the streets, people, truth [D] can find the strangest home
[E] So meet me in the village [A] where all the idiots _ [D] know _ _
Bring on the clowns, the jokers and the foons
I've had the time of my life and the life of my time
In [A] the company of [E] fools
Bring on the clowns, the [F#] jokers and the foons
I've had [Em] the time of [D] my life and the life of my time
In the company of fools
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