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Sanity From: David Douglas McCallum <kcjonz@wam.umd.edu> A E Sanity never came my way. (Came his way) A E Sanity never came my way. (His way) A E I don't know what I'll do today. (Way) A E 'Cause sanity never came my way. A E Lost my mind just a couple of times. (Lost his mind) A E Lost my mind just a couple of times. (His mind) A E You can spend your nickels, you can spend your dimes. (Mind) A Em7 (dirty) Bm7 But I lost my mind just a couple of times. Em7 Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Em7 F# C D E Then the little single-note phrase: E------------------------------ B--12-11-10-------------------- G----------12-13-9------9-8-9-- D------------------11-9-------- A------------------------------ E------------------------------
The same pattern continues for the other verses...
Sanity never came my way.
(Came his way)
Sanity never came
my way.
(His way)
I don't know what I'll do today.
(Way)
'Cause
sanity never came my way.
Lost my mind just a couple of times.
(Lost
his mind)
Lost my mind just a couple of times.
(His mind)
You can spend
your nickels, you can spend your dimes.
(Mind)
But I lost my mind just a
couple of times.
You can trespass anywhere.
(A-ny-where)
You can
trespass anywhere.
(Ny-where)
Where you go, you'd better
beware
(Be-ware)
You can trespass anywhere.
I forgot the rules, I
forgot my pride.
('Got his pride)
I forgot the rules, I forgot my
pride.
(His pride)
I don't need a place to hide.
(Hide)
I forgot the
rules, I forgot my pride, but I don't need a place to hide!
The stars in
the sky are very bright.
(Stars are bright)
The stars in the sky are very
bright.
(Are bright)
The stars they really suck tonight!
(stars
suck)
The stars in the sky are very bright.
And I don't care if the
world explodes.
(world ex-plodes)
No, I don't care if the world
explodes.
(Ex-plodes!)
You can save the whales, you can save the
toads.
(Toads)
But I don't care if the world
explodes.