Chords for Margo Guryan - The 8:17 Northbound Success Merry-Go-Round [Lyric Video]

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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] I knew the man well, [F] _ we used to be good friends [C] a long time ago.
_ _ _ He [Bb] had a heart and a mind, [Bbm] he was one of [Gb] a kind, the kind [Ab] of a man a man would be lucky to [Eb] know.
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_ [C] But then there came a change, _ [Cm] as I recall [Gm] it all, it all happened [Cm] fast.
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It [Bb] was as though he had seen [Bbm] the American dream, thought [Ab] that the dream would bring him home for a moment [Eb] at last. _
_ _ [C] He put on a suit, he put on a shirt, he put on a [Bb] tie, he kissed his child, he kissed his wife, he kissed [F] his life [G] in love.
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_ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ The last I saw of him, _ [G] he walked along the road and he [Cm] looked around,
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] as though he wanted to see one more blossom [Bbm] tree before he'd be walking [Ab] on cold [Eb] city grounds.
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He got to the [C] station, he called the board, the N17, the [F] Nouns [G] of South. _ _
Merry [C] Christmas! _ _ _ _ _ _
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