The Ark - It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane

Tuning: EADGBE
Capo: 3rd

Chords
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Em7    022010
E (022100@1)    022100      
D/F#   200232
G (320003@1)    320033
A (x02220@1)    x02220
D (xx0232@1)    000232
Dadd9  000252
Bm7    x25232

Vers: Em7 D/F# G A

Bridge 1/chorus: G A Bm7 D

Intro: Em7, D/F#, G, A

Vers 1:

Em7           D/F# (200232@1)                 G (320003@1)    Whatever happened to the funky race?
 
              A (x02220@1)             Em7
A generation lost in pace,

D/F# (200232@1)                        GWasn?t (320003@1)life supposed to be more than this?

A (x02220@1)                            Em7
In this kiss I?ll change your bore for my bliss
 
                             D/F# (200232@1)                              GLet (320003@1)go of my hand and it will slip out in the sand if you don?t give me the  chance

A (x02220@1)                          Em7
to break down the walls of attitude,

D/F# 
I ask nothing of you

G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1) not even your gratitude

Bridge 1:

GAnd (320003@1)if you think I?m corny
 
        Athen (x02220@1)it will not make me sorry
 
           Bm7 (x20202@1)                 Dit?s (xx0232@1)your right to laugh at me

G (320003@1)              Aand (x02220@1)in turn, that?s my oppurtunity

Bm7 (x20202@1)   Dto (xx0232@1)feel brave

G (320003@1)                     A (x02220@1)Because ridicule is no shame

Bm7 (x20202@1)                Dit?s (xx0232@1)just a way to eclipse hate

G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1)it?s just a way to put my back straight

Bm7 (x20202@1)            D (xx0232@1)it?s just a way to remain sane

Vers 2:

Em7                            D/F#Every (200232@1)morning I would see her getting

Goff (320003@1)the bus the picture never drops

A (x02220@1)                   Em7
it's like a multicoloured snapshot stuck in my brain

D/F# (200232@1)               Git (320003@1)kept me sane for a couple of years

Aas (x02220@1)it drenched my fears

Em7
of becoming like the others

D/F#
who become unhappy mothers

G (320003@1)                    Aand (x02220@1)fathers of unhappy kids

And why is that?

Bridge 1:

G (320003@1)                 ACause (x02220@1)they?ve forgotten how to play

Bm7 (x20202@1)                  D (xx0232@1)maybe they?re afraid to feel ashamed

G (320003@1)to seem strange

A (x02220@1)to seem insane

Bm7to (x20202@1)gain weight to seem gay

D (xx0232@1)I tell you this

Chorus:

G (320003@1)                AThat (x02220@1)it takes a fool to remain sane

Bm7 (x20202@1)             D (xx0232@1)It takes a fool to remain sane

G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)It takes a fool to remain sane

Bm7 (x20202@1)                       DIn (xx0232@1)this world all covered up in shame

G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)Dadd9x2 (x43141@2)
(-Oh, take it to the stage!)