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Wish Me Well

Procol Harum
Version1
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Intro
 Our local  picture house
 was showing  a Batman movie
 You see  this guy fly up  in the sky,
 I thought  to myself, 'Why  shouldn't I?'
 So I bought  a pair of wings,
went  up upon a wall
 I was  about to jump into  the air
 when a  guy from the street called
 He said, 'Hey  wait a minute!
Don't  you realize the danger?
What  do you think you are,  some kind of angel?'
 I considered for a minute,
 realized he spoke the truth.
 For the barbells on my eyelids
 only emphasised my youth
 and the sawdust in my plimsolls
 means the same to him as me
 But that's neither here nor further,
 so I spoke considerately
 'Now if you understand
 just what I'm trying to say,
 whatever you do, don't grin,
 you'll give the game away!'
 By now a crowd had gathered
 and it seemed that all was lost
 In the anger of the moment
 I had diced with death and lost
 It seemed to me the time was right
 so I burst into song
 In the anger of the moment
 the crowd began to sing along
 I could not see a way out
 of this predicament
 Just then a breeze came through the trees
 and up in the air I went
 I must have flown a mile,
 or maybe it was eight
 Thought to myself pretty soon
 I'd hit the Golden Gates
 Just then a passing bird
 for no reason I could see
 took a peck at my wings and
 that was the end of me
 I went down, hit the ground
 faster than the speed of sound
 Luckily I broke no bones only
 tore my underclothes
 outro

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Readable chord sheet for Wish Me Well by Procol Harum

Intro   [Gm]   [D7]      [Gm]   [D7]

Our l[Em]ocal picture hou[B7]se
was s[D7]howing a Batman m[G]ovie
You s[G]ee this guy fly [Am]up in the sky,
I th[D7]ought to myself, '[G]Why shouldn't I?'
So I b[Em]ought a pair of [B7]wings,
[D7]went up upon a wa[G]ll
I [G]was about to jump in[Am]to the air
when a[D7] guy from the street c[G]alled
He said, 'H[G]ey wait a minute!
[C]Don't you realize the d[D]anger?
[G]What do you think you a[C]re, some kind of a[D]ngel?'

I considered for a minute,
realized he spoke the truth.
For the barbells on my eyelids
only emphasised my youth
and the sawdust in my plimsolls
means the same to him as me
But that's neither here nor further,
so I spoke considerately
'Now if you understand
just what I'm trying to say,
whatever you do, don't grin,
you'll give the game away!'

By now a crowd had gathered
and it seemed that all was lost
In the anger of the moment
I had diced with death and lost
It seemed to me the time was right
so I burst into song
In the anger of the moment
the crowd began to sing along
I could not see a way out
of this predicament
Just then a breeze came through the trees
and up in the air I went

[D]   [Dadd9] [Dm]  [D]

[C#]  [F#]   [F#m]  [B]

I must have flown a mile,
or maybe it was eight
Thought to myself pretty soon
I'd hit the Golden Gates
Just then a passing bird
for no reason I could see
took a peck at my wings and
that was the end of me
I went down, hit the ground
faster than the speed of sound
Luckily I broke no bones only
tore my underclothes

outro  [G]   [C]     [D]   [D]

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