A   A   A


  A               Bm           F#m               C#m
I saw the railway master and I looked him in the eye
         D                 A             G                      D
I said, "Would you go much faster if you thought that you would die?"
          A              Bm                 F#m              C#m  
He said, "Not me, sir, I could not care, in fact I would not try
D                 A
Protest would not take me far
     G                 D
It's different, me not being a star"
  B                G          D           A
I lock my feelings in a jar until another day


    A                Bm                 F#m              C#m
Oh, comfort me, dear brother, won't you tell me what you know?
D                 A                F                 D
Somewhere in this paper world is a place where I can go
    A             Bm            F#m            C#m
Oh, long awaiting mother, is it time to make a show?
    D                A
And take your babies to your breast
G            D
No, we never passed the test
B                   G              D             A
All our sins should be confessed before we carry on


E           Bm
Oh, don't refuse me
       G              D         A
If you choose me, you follow my shame
E            Bm
No, don't confuse me
      G             D           A
For I know it's the name of the game


A             Bm           F#m              C#m
Got up off my pillow and I looked up at the sun
       D                 A               G                   D
Said, "You can see quite clearly now the things that we have done
   A                  Bm             F#m             C#m
We burned your sacred willow and our battles we have won
    D             A
But did we get so very far?
     G                 D
It's different, me not being a star"
  B                G          D          A
I lock my feelings in a jar until we go away


E           Bm
Oh, don't refuse me
       G              D         A
If you choose me, you follow my shame
E            Bm
No, don't confuse me
      G             D           A
For I know it's the name of the game


E           Bm
Oh, don't refuse me
       G              D         A
If you choose me, you follow my shame
E            Bm
No, don't confuse me
      G             D           A
For I know it's the name of the game


E   Bm   G   D   A
E   Bm   G   D   A
E   Bm   G   D   A
E   Bm   G   D   A