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Intro: A

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 Diamonds in the firmament
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All reserves completely spent 
F#m 
Someone set up the oxygen tent
D 
Everybody here's real proud to present
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Choked out

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Two hundred dollar take-all purse 
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Half-nelson to suplex reverse
F#m
Worried look on the face of the ringside nurse
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At one, for once, with the universe
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Choked out
       F#m          D          A
Choked out, choked out, choked out

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I stretch and strain with all my might
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Drift off into the velvety arms of the night
F#m
Kick and claw and scratch and bite
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Fire up the grill, everybody eats tonight
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Choked out

F#m         D
No brakes down
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An endless dark incline
F#m         D
Most of the boys
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Won't ever cross this line
F#m         D
If they all want to die dead broke 
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that's fine, that's fine
F#m         D
Everybody's got their limits
 A              E
Nobody's found mine

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Crowd screaming like hounds at the heat of the chase
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All the colors of the rainbow flood my face
F#m
I lift right off into space
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I can see the future, it's a real dark place
       F#m          D          A
Choked out, choked out, choked out
       F#m          D          A
Choked out, choked out, choked out