Chords by sfdye, really love the song and the message it sent
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The Lucky One

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E (022100@1)     C#mNew (x13321@4)to town with a made up name in the angel city,
Chasing fortune and fame.
A (x02220@1)     EAnd (022100@1)the camera flashes, make it look like a dream.
E (022100@1)     C#mYou (x13321@4)had it figured out since you were in school.
Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool.
A (x02220@1)     ESo (022100@1)overnight you look like a sixties' queen.
A (x02220@1)     
Another name goes up in lights, like diamonds in the sky.

E (022100@1)     BAnd (x2444x@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
C#m (x13321@4)   AYeah, (x02220@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)    ABut (x02220@1)can you tell me now, you're the lucky one.

E (022100@1)     
Now it's big black cars, and Riviera views,
C#mAnd (x13321@4)your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you
A (x02220@1)     EAnd (022100@1)your secrets end up splashed on the news front page.
EAnd (022100@1)they tell you that you're lucky.
But you're so confused,
C#mCause (x13321@4)you don't feel pretty, you just feel used.
A (x02220@1)     EAnd (022100@1)all the young things line up to take your place.
AAnother (x02220@1)name goes up in lights. You wonder if you'll make it out alive.

E (022100@1)     BAnd (x2444x@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
C#m (x13321@4)   AYeah, (x02220@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)    ACan (x02220@1)you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
EIt (022100@1)was a few years later, I showed up here.
C#mAnd (x13321@4)they still tell the legend of how you disappeared,
A (x02220@1)     EHow (022100@1)you took the money and your dignity, and got the hell out.
E (022100@1)     
They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere,
C#mChose (x13321@4)the Rose Garden over Madison Square,
A (x02220@1)     EAnd (022100@1)it took some time, but I understand it now.
A'Cause (x02220@1)now my name is up in lights, but I think you got it right,
E (022100@1)     BLet (x2444x@1)me tell you now, you're the lucky one.
C#m (x13321@4)   ALet (x02220@1)me tell you now, you're the lucky one.
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)    ALet (x02220@1)me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
E (022100@1)     BAnd (x2444x@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
C#m (x13321@4)   AYeah, (x02220@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)    AAnd (x02220@1)they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
EOh, (022100@1)whoa, oh, oh.