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Capo 7

Intro: Am


G            Am    G    F
I'm going to do what I like
               C        G
 I'm going to do what I want
              Am    G             F
 I'm going to build myself a great estate
               C           D
 With lots of statues out front


Am                      G
 Choirs from the Curtis Institute 
F
 Singing me to sleep
Am          G                       F
 Wake up and worship the great gold sheep


 G             Am        G             F
 I'm going to walk the pathways of the ancients
                  C        G
 I'm going to let my name be known
               Am      G                   F
 I'm going to see the wild haunts of this world
               C              D
 And carve a place out all my own


Am                         G
 Heat up the iron until it glows 
F
 Burn the brand so deep
Am          G                       F
 Wake up and worship the great gold sheep


   C           G                 F
 There's only one, splendid and fine
   C           G                 F
 The ages attest it's wondrous design
  C           G             Am      F
 You and me stand somehow above the fray
C           G                 D
 And name everyone who's throwing their chance away


 G            Am        G      F
 I'm going to write my name on everything
               C               G
 I'm going to leave a lasting legacy
              Am    G             F
 And when my body's thrown with great force from a window
               C                    D
 The dogs will fight for whatever's left of me


 Am                      C
 Shallow grave among the weeds
 F
 Where the pale worms creep
Am           G                      F
 Wake up and worship the great gold sheep

Am           G                      F
 Wake up and worship the great gold sheep

End on Am