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Intro: ( F#m E/F# Bm/F# F#m ) ( A B )
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Well I bumped inside the magic man, and he laid some tricks on me
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He said, 'you do need help my friend', I whispered, 'obviously'
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He laid a spread of jacks and queens, and he bade me take my pick
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But every face it had your face, I cried out, 'I am sick'
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Sick of hauling your love around, want to run the train alone
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But the engine tracks straight through your heart, and weighs me like a stone
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Oh, it's a hard load to love you, it takes up, all my time, having you
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So familiar, like last life's, nursery rhyme
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So I gave away the pictures, and your golden ring
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And the phone calls that you sent me, and the silver birds, that sing
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Then the man he told me something, that really brought me down
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Your things were thrown away, it's true, but you, were still in town
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Sick of hauling your love around, wanna run the train alone
E B/D# C#m B A A B C#m F#m
But the engine tracks straight through your heart, and weighs me like a stone
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Oh, it's a hard load to love you, it takes up, all my time, having you
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So familiar, like last life's, nursery rhyme
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The magician let a message, it flashes when I hide
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Accept the chains of loving, accept or else remove yourself, from her side
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And do without her love, and I lay back with a steel chain, I keep it by my side,
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I could mail, a letter to you but I still, have my pride
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Sick of hauling your love around, wanna run the train alone
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But the engine tracks straight through your heart, and weighs me like a stone
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Three times I've sent you back from me, three times my bones gone dry
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And three times I've seen the shooting shark, lighting up the sky
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Oh, it's a hard load to love you, babe, it takes my breath away
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The fourth time round, is the last time round, there's nothing else to say
Out Solo: ( F#m E/F# Bm/F# F#m ) repeat and fade
Written by Donald Roeser/Patti Smith