Chords for THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP

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_ Late again today, he'd be in trouble [Eb] though he'd say he [Dm] was sorry.
_ _ [Gm] He'd [Dm] have to hurry out, so the bus, _ [Eb] she was [Bb] dead.
Horace was so sad, he'd never had a [Eb] girl that he [Dm] could care for.
_ [Eb] And [Dm] if there was a little points more, [Bb] he'd be out.
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[Bb] Don't [Eb] be afraid, _ [Bb] just [G] knock on the door.
[Eb]
[Bb] Well he just [Eb] stood there mumbling and [Bb] fumbling, and the boys [Eb] from above [Bb] said
Horace wait, [Ab] this is your life, [Gm] go out and fight, [Gb] you'll find a way, [Bb] make it stand, [Ab] be a man,
[Gm] and you will have [Gb] a great life [Bb] you can't fail.
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[Bb] _ Horace met the girl, she was small and [Eb] she was very [Dm] pretty.
_ _ [Eb] He [Dm] thought he was in love, he [Bb] wasn't clear.
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[Bb] As they got off the gate, they got back down to [Eb] sleep [Dm] tomorrow evening.
_ _ [Eb] His [Dm] head was reeling, she said yes.
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[Bb] Don't be [Eb] afraid, [Bb] just knock on the [Eb] door.
[Bb] Well he just stood there [Eb] mumbling and [Bb] fumbling, and the boys from [Eb] above [Bb] said
Horace [Fm] wait, this is your [Eb] life, go out and [Gb] fight, you'll find a way, [Bb] make it stand, be a [Gm] man,
and you will [Gb] have a great life you [Bb] can't fail.
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[Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] Horace [Bb] _ _ is insane, he asks the girl if [Eb] maybe [Dm] they could marry.
_ _ [Eb] When [Dm] she says gladly, [Bb] Horace cries for her Sunday.
_ Everybody's at church, when Horace rushes [Eb] in and says now [Dm] here comes my wife,
_ [Eb] for the [Dm] rest of my life.
And she [Bb] did.
[Eb] _
[Bb] Don't [Eb] be afraid, [Bb] just [G] knock on the [Eb]
[Bb] door.
Well he just [Eb] stood there mumbling [Bb] and fumbling, and the [Eb] boys from above [Bb] said
Horace wait, this is your [Gm] life, go out and [Gb] fight, you'll find a [Bb] way, make it stand, be a [Gm] man,
and you will [Gb] have a great life.
[Bb] Horace wait.
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[Bb] _ _ Horace, [Gm] Horace, Horace, [Gb] Horace, Horace, Horace, Horace, [Bb] Horace, Horace, Horace.
Oh, say can you see [Eb] by [Ebm] the dawn's early [Bb] light _ What so [Gm] proudly _ [Gb] we hailed [Bb] _ at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose [Eb] broad stripes and [Ebm] bright [Bb] stars through the _ [Gm] perilous [Bb] fight, O'er _ _ the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
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