Chords for People's Parties

_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
All the people [G] at this party, they've got a lot of [D] style
They've got stamps [C] of many countries.
They've got passport [Bm] smiles
Some are friendly, some are cutting, [Em] some are watching it from the wings
[D] Some are standing in the center, [A] giving the gifts something
Photo beauty [G] gets attention, and her eye [D] paint's running down
She's [C] got a rose in her teeth and a lampshade [Bm] crown
One minute she's so happy, [Em] then she's crying on someone's knee
[A] Saying, laughing and crying, you know it's the same release
I told you I read you, I was crazy
Cry for [D] a sole duty
Cry [C] for Eddie in the corner thinking he's [Bm] nobody
And Jack behind his Joker [Em] and Stone Cold Grace behind her [D] fan
And me in my frightened silence [A] thinking I don't understand
I feel like I'm [G] sleeping
Can [D] you wake me?
You seem to [Am] have a broader sensibility
[Bm] I'm just living on nerves and feelings [Em] with a weak and a lazy [A] mind
And coming to people's parties, fumbling, deaf, dumb, and blind
I wish I had more sense of [G] humor
Keeping the [D] sadness at bay
Throwing the [C] lightness on these things
Laughing it [B] all [Bm] away
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm]
Away
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ Laughing it [B] all away Away
[D] _ Laughing it