Clean Cut Kid chords

Tuning: Standard

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[INTRO]
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[BREAK]

[VERSE 1]
[D7]Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
Ad[D7]just to what, a dream that bust?
He was a [A7]clean-cut kid
Well, they [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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[BREAK]

[VERSE 2]
They said what’s [D7]up is down, they said what isn’t is
They put i[D7]deas in his head he thought were his
He was a [A7]clean-cut kid
But they [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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[BREAK]

[VERSE 3]
He was on the [D7]baseball team, he was in the marching band
When he was [D7]ten years old he had a watermelon stand
He was a [A7]clean-cut kid
They [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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[BREAK]

[BRIDGE 1]
They said, "[G]Listen boy, you’re just a pup”
They sent him to a [D7]napalm health spa to shape up
They gave him [E7]dope to smoke, drinks and pills
A [A7]jeep to drive, blood to spill
(break)

[VERSE 4]
They said "Con[D7]gratulations, you got what it takes”
They sent him [D7]back into the rat race without any brakes
He was a [A7]clean-cut kid
They [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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[BREAK]

[BRIDGE 2]
He bought the A[G]merican dream but it put him in debt
The only [D7]game he could play was Russian roulette
He drank [E7]Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
Ate [A7]Burger Kings, he was well fed
(break)

[VERSE 5]
He went to [D7]Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole
He stole a [D7]Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
They took a [A7]clean-cut kid
And they [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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[BREAK]

[BRIDGE 3]
He could’ve [G]sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
Could’ve [D7]been an accountant or a tennis star
He was [E7]wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
Off the [A7]Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
(break)

[VERSE 6]
His mama [D7]walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans
They gotta [D7]sleep together in a home they don’t own
They took a [A7]clean-cut kid
And they [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
(break)

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[BREAK]

[BRIDGE 4]
Well, [G]everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
[D7]All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
They [E7]took his head and turned it inside out
He [A7]never did know what it was all about
(break)

[Verse 7] + coda
He had a [D7]steady job, he joined the choir
He [D7]never did plan to walk the high wire
They took a [A7]clean-cut kid
And they [D7]made a killer out of him, that’s what they [D7]did
(break)