Year: 1971 - Album: Imagine
Written by John Lennon
Intro: (Slide Guitar) C G7 C G F C F C7 F Bb F C7 F G Verse 1: C C7 You can shine your shoes and wear a suit, F F7 You can comb your hair and look a quite cute. C C B Bb A You can hide your face behind a smile. A7 D7 One thing you can't hide, G7 C Is when you're crippled inside. Verse 2: C C7 You can wear a mask and paint your face, F F7 You can call yourself the human race. C C B Bb A You can wear a collar and a tie. A7 D7 One thing you can't hide, C C B Bb A Is when you're crippled inside.Verse 3: C C7 You can go to church and sing a hymn, F F7 Judge me by the colour of my skin. C C B Bb A You can live a lie until you die. A7 D7 One thing you can't hide, C C B Bb A Is when you're crippled inside. Instrumental: C Take it Billy! (Honky-Tonk Piano Solo) C C7 F F7 C C B Bb A A7 D7 C C B Bb A (Repeat Chorus) (Repeat Verse 1) 'You can shine your shoes and wear...' inadvertently omitted Outro: A7 D7 One thing you can't hide, C B Bb A Is when you're crippled inside. (Slow 2/2 Tempo) A7 D7 One thing you can't hide, G G7 C C7 F Ab7 G7 Eb9 C9 Is when you're crippled inside. (End)A7 Am Well now you know, Am That your cat has nine lives, babe. D7 G7 Nine lives to itself, C You only got one, C Am7 And a dog's life ain't fun. C G7 C Mamma take a look outside.
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