Chords for Rehearsals for Retirement

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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The days grow [G] _ _ longer _ for [A] smaller prizes _ _ _ _
I feel a _ _ [G] stranger _
_ [D] _ to [F#m] all surprises
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
You [E] can have them, [A] I don't want _ them
_ _ [C#m] I _ wear different _ [D] kind of garment
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ In my _ _ rehearsals [C#m] for [E] _
retirement
_ _ _ _ [A] _ The [G] lights are cold [D] again, _ they dance [A] below _ me _
I turn to [Em] old [G] _
friends, [D] _ they do [F#m] not know _ me
_ _ [Bm] _ _
All [E] but the beggar, [A] he _ _ remembers
_ _ [C#m] _ I put a penny _ [D] down for payment
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ In my _ rehearsals [E] for _ retirement
_ _ _ [D] If I'd have known the end would _ [A] have to
_ _ _ _ [F#m] I _ tell my daughter, _ [E] _ _
it doesn't matter _ _
[A] The _ stage is [G] tainted _ _
[D] _ with empty [A] voices _ _
_ The [G] ladies painted, _
_ [D] they have [F#m] no choices
_ _ _ _ [Bm] I _ _ [E] take my colors [A] _ from the stable
_ _ [C#m] _ They lie in tatters [D] by the _ tournament
_ _ [F#m] In _ my _ rehearsals [E] for _ retirement
_ _ _ Where _ _ [G] are the army _ [D] _ who [A] killed a country _ _ _
And turned a strong [G] _ _ _
[D] man _ into [F#m] _ _
baby
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Now _ _ [E] comes the rebel, _ _ [A] they are _ welcome
_ _ [C#m] _
I wait in anger _ [D] and _ amusement
_ _ _ [F#m] _
In my _ _ [E] rehearsals for _ retirement
_ _ _ [D] _ If I'd have known the end would have [A] to _
_ Still _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
I tell my daughter, _ [E] _
that it doesn't _ matter _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] Farewell my old, _
_ _ [D] _ _ farewell [A] my fancy
_ _ _ _ Are you [G] still on me [D] love, _ though [F#m] you've failed _ me
_ [Bm] But _ one [E] last gesture _ [A] for your pleasure _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ I'll paint your memory [D] on the monument _
_ _ [F#m] In my _ _ rehearsals [E] for _ retirement _ _
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