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Dear John

Cyndi Lauper
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Dear John
What's  wrong?
Why  can't you just be anything  you want?
 Why not?  why not?
I  tried to tell you then. You  didn't understand.
They  try and pigeonhole you.
Buddy,  they don't even  know you.
 But hang on
 my dear,  dear, John.
Maybe  you're not just like everyone,
 so  what,  so what.
 And there's  more
 to live  for,
 FX
 than some abbreviated encore,
 much more,  much more.
You  can't define yourself
in  terms of someone else.
You  can't say what you're thinking ?
 But I  don't know what you've  been drinking.
 But don't cry.
 'Cause life  goes on.
 FX
 Dear John, you could be anything you want.
 Why not?  Why not  ?
Why  you could even be an astronaut,
 dear John,  dear John.

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Readable chord sheet for Dear John by Cyndi Lauper

[F#]  [C#]

[F#]Dear [C#]John
[F#]What's wr[C#]ong?
[Ab]Why can't you just be any[Bbm]thing you [F#]want?
Why n[C#]ot? [G]  why [C#]not? [Ab]

[F#]I tried to tell you then. [C#]You didn't understand.
[F#]They try and pigeonhole you.
[C#]Buddy, they don't [Ab]even know you.
But [F#]hang [C#]on
my d[F#]ear, dear, [C#]John.

[Ab]Maybe you're not just like [Bbm]every[F#]one,
so[C#] what[Ab], so [C#]what. [Ab]
And t[F#]here's m[C#]ore
to l[F#]ive f[C#]or,
[Ab]                   [Bbm]  FX
than some abbreviated encore,
much [C#]more,[Ab] much [C#]more. [Ab]

[F#]You can't define yourself
[C#]in terms of someone else.
[F#]You can't say what you're thinking ?
But [C#]I don't know what yo[Ab]u've been drinking.
But [F#]don't [C#]cry.
'Cause [F#]life goes [C#]on.

[Ab]                         [Bbm]       FX
Dear John, you could be anything you want.
Why [C#]not?[G]  Why n[C#]ot ?
[Ab]Why you could even be an [Bbm]astron[F]aut,
dear J[C#]ohn,[G]  dear [C#]John.

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