C#           B#       F#           B#       C# B#
I was surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
A#m              G#m       F#                B#       C# B#
I was puzzled by a dream , stayed with me all day in 1995
A#m        G#m                F#
My brother had confessed that he was gay
   B#                C#             B#
It took the heat off me for a while
A#m        G#m
He stood up with a sailor friend
F#                       B#      C#       B# A#m G#m C#
Made it known upon my sisters wedding day

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C#               B#        F#              B#
I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported
C#                B#
Now she's in love
    A#m        G#m           F#               B#
oh, I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches
        C#                B#
From my crippled friend
A#m           G#m             F#               B#
She was not impressed cause I cured her on the Sabbath
  C#               B#
I went to confess
F#               G#m         A#m              B#
When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride
   C#             B#
To whisky and gin
   A#m            G#m  C#
To whisky and gin

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C#               B#            F#          B#
The priest in the booth had a photographic memory
    C#                B#
For all he had heard
A#m                G#m         F#            B#
He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called
 C#                      B#
'The State That I Am In'
A#m           G#m
So I gave myself to God
      F#              B#             C#       B#
There was a pregnant pause before he said ok
F#             G#m          A#m             B#
Now I spend my days turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's
C#                      B#  A#m  G#m
They don't seem to mind

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F#
I gave myself to sin
  A#m
I gave myself to Providence
    E
And I've been there and back again        (2x)
     G#m                 ( C# depois da 2?)
The state that I am in

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C#         B#               F#           B#
Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me
          C#               B#
Cause I?m stupid and blind
A#m          G#m           F#              B#         C#              B#
Desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boys empty mind
A#m             G#m         F#            B#          C#           B#
Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
               F#           G#m
Why don?t you? Lead me to a living end
     A#m            B#           C#              B#
I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend
   A#m             G#m
My crippled friend

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++++NA QUARTA VEZ FAZER ISSO:
F#
I gave myself to sin
  A#m
I gave myself to Providence
    D#m
And I've been there and back again
     C#
The state that I am in

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B#
  I gave myself to sin
    F#                             C#
And I've been there and back again oh yeah!