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Capo 8

Intro: Am

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


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


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


Am                         E
 Heat up the iron until it glows 
F
 Burn the brand so deep
Am          E                       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             E       F
 You and me stand somehow above the fray
C           G                 D
 And name everyone who's throwing their chance away

Am


 G            Am        E      F
 I'm going to write my name on everything
               C               G
 I'm going to leave a lasting legacy
                     Am                   E             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                      E
 Shallow grave among the weeds
 F
 Where the pale worms creep
Am           E                      F
 Wake up and worship the great gold sheep

Am           E                      F
 Wake up and worship the great gold sheep

End on Am

<code> from psnotsure on ultimateguitar

Fm

Eb Fm C7 Db I'm going to do what I like

           Ab         Eb

I'm going to live how I want Eb Fm C7 Db I'm going to build myself a great estate

           Ab          Bb7

With lots of statues out front

Fm C7 Choirs from the Curtis Institute Db Singing me to sleep Fm C7 Db Fm Wake up and worship the great gold sheep

Eb Fm C7 Db I'm going to walk the pathways of the ancients

           Ab             Eb

I'm going to let my name be known Eb Fm C7 Db I'm going to see the wild haunts of this world

          Ab               Bb7

And carve a place out all my own

Fm C7 Heat up the iron until it glows Db Burn the brand so deep Fm C7 Db Wake up and worship the great gold sheep

Ab Eb Db There's only one, splendid and fine Ab Eb Db The ages attest its wondrous design Ab Eb C7 Db You and me stand somehow above the fray Ab Eb Bb7 Fm And name everyone who's throwing their chance away

Eb Fm C7 Db I'm going to write my name on everything

           Ab              Eb

I'm going to leave a lasting legacy Eb Fm C7 Db And when my body's thrown with great force from a window

            Ab                   Bb7

The dogs will fight for whatever's left of me

Fm C7 Shallow grave among the weeds Db Where the pale worms creep Fm C7 Db Fm Wake up and worship the great gold sheep