| Intro: |
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| D | oes he still think about h | er |
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| Why there was never really any do | ubt |
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| E | very time he lights a can | dle |
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| Or blows a candle o | ut |
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| The scientific n | ature of the ord | inary m | an |
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| Is to | go on out and | do the best you c | an |
| Chorus: |
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| I | don't think that you know |
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| That | I think you don't know |
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| That o | ld barometer goes crazy baby |
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| Every t | ime it starts to s | now |
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| You won't find me walking |
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| Round your part of town |
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| Humdity built the sno | wman |
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| Su | nshine brought him d | own |
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| This world is full of pe | ople |
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| They never seem to fa | ll |
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| Somebody said they s | een you |
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| You hadn't changed at a | ll |
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| T | he fundamental st | ory |
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| Of the c | ontemporary m | an |
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| Is to w | alk away and so | meday unde | rstand |
| Repeat Chorus: |
| Instrumental: |
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| D | E | A | D | |
| The s | cientific na | ture of the or | dinary m | an |
| A | E | A | |
| Is | to go on out and | do the best you c | an |
| Repeat Chorus: |
| D | A | |
| Hum | dity built the sn | owman |
| E | A | |
| (tacet) Sunshine brought him d | own |
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| Brought him d | own |
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| Brought him do | wn |
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| (Repeat and Fade...) |