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HARRY NILSSON

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HARRY NILSSON

Moderately

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wash

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your

sins

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Words and Music by PETER HAM AND TOM EVANS

Slowly

face

I

goes.

as

you were

leav

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You a1 - ways

guess that's just

smile but in your eyes your sor - row

the

way the

shows,

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I

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know

what youshould

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know:

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Words and Music by

HARRY NILSSON

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lime

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to re-lieve

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lime

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tor,

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I

can take?" I

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up, you put de

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1

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ain't there noth- in'

I can take?" I said,

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to

I

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me in the morn - ing."

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HARRY NILSSON

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Words and Music by

HARRY NILSSON

With a beat

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climb

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but you'll

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shake

me

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Ad lib.

I

Long

a-go,

far

a - way,-

life

was

clear,

Slow and steady

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close

your

eyes:-

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turn a - round.

Re

love

is

when you're sad and feel-in1 down,, think of all that life can b e ,

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ly

in

a

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Words and Music by

HARRY NILSSON

Moderate Boogie Rock

I

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want- ed

take

to

get

fif

in

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it

four,

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when she

walked - through the

have to get

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it.

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sang

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my

balls off

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eyes

to

for you, ba

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I

note,

woke up

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Words and Music by

HARRY NILSSON

Moderately

1.Spoken: 2.Spoken: 3.Spoken:

"Come here, c'Roy, "Come here,

She said, She said, She said,

The other day I met a girl named Joy. The other day 1 met a girl named Joy. The other day I met a girl named Joy.

I h gonna I'm I'm

make you m y joy boy." gonna make you m y joy boy." gonna muke you feel all clummy

Things Well, inside."

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of of of

Joy, Joy, Joy,

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makes me sad, all weird I gel makes m e sad,

it makes m e sad. inside. it makes me sad.

every every every

time time time

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then then

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if

you

never

had

you haven't you'd never

a

problem,

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me

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gone.

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HARRY NILSSON

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I

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Bang,

des - tin

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bang, shoot 'em up

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want-ed

to

be

a

space

1

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man, -

that's

what

I

want

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to

I

1-

bring me back

I

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and

down

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a - round

and a

safe - ly

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the sea.

round and a - round

is a l l - she ev - e r say

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to

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me.

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HARRY NILSSON

Moderate Rock

I-

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break - in' my break - in' my

heart, heart,

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you're you're

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tear-in' tear -in'

it it

I want All stepped on my

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to do a s s , .

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run down to buy a lot - ta

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have a dance or I've had e -nough of

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you're there' s

tear-in' it a - part - but fuck no one to blame so fuck

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You're you!

I

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got - ta have your

way, -

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two,, you,,

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say,

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HARRY NILSSON

Moderately slow

You I

could do could be

the laun - dry, a plumb - er.

I'll we

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come by on could wait 'ti1

Mon - day, sum - mer,

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HARRY NILSSON and RICHARD PERRY

d'

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I

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dead,

dead,

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than wet my

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rath -er be

dead,

bed.

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said

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be

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be

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than feel this

there

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gone

tho' it does-n't seem

-

fair.

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I

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my

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HARRY NILSSON

Moderatelv

Well the

I

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