Friendly Fire

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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An inspirational tirade against me
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How to explain my life
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Girls to the left of me
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Boys to the right of me
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Neither husband nor wife
 
[Verse 2]
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Though the days are filled with pain
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There is no one who'll explain
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Why I'm coming under
 
Friendly fire
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Shot in the fatal cause
        Gm       Cm
Of rock 'n' roll
 
[Verse 3]
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But there's no one
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Really no one
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To say why I endure
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Under force majeure
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Slander without shame or tact
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I who studied make up, mime and Buddha
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Who taught two generations to react
 
[Verse 4]
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About me the critics lied
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I ignored them and survived
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In spite of coming under
 
Friendly fire
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Shot in the fatal cause
        Gm       Cm
Of rock 'n' roll
            Fm7
But there's nothing
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Really nothing to deny
 
[Bridge]
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When I look back
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My eyes are filled with tears
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Danger to mascara
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Applause to my peers
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When fame sustained me
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And arenas acclaimed me
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I floated through life on a cloud
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Of love and insanity
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And pagan profanity
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Before a worshipping crowd
 
[Verse 5]
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Now my status is ill-defined
      Ab         Abm
As an icon I'm inclined
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To be coming under
 
Friendly fire
Abm         Fm    Bdim
Shot in the fatal cause
        Gm       Cm
Of rock 'n' roll
 
[Verse 6]
        Fm7
But whatever
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Dull or clever
           Gm         Cm
Points they've scored
       Fm7
I have never
      Bb
Oh no never
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Been ignored