A#
bring your own lampshade – somewhere there’s a party .
Cm
here , it’s never – ending; can’t remember when it started .
A#
pass around the lampshade . there’ll be plenty enough room in jail .
Cm
if being wrong’s a crime , i’m serving forever –
C A#
if being strong’s your kind , then i need help here with this feather .
Gm D#
if being afraid is a crime , we hang side by side
Cm A#
at the swingin’ party down the line .

A#
pound the prairie pavement , losing proposition ,
Cm
quittin’ school and goin’ to work and never goin’ fishing . . .
A#
water all around; i never learned how to swim , now .
Cm
if being wrong’s a crime , i’m serving forever –
C A#
if being strong’s your kind , then i need help here with this feather .
Gm D#
if being afraid is a crime , we hang side by side
Cm A# Gm
at the swingin’ party down the line . . .
Cm A#
at the swingin’ party down the line .

A#
bring your own lampshade – somewhere there’s a party .
Cm
here , it’s never – ending; can’t remember when it started .
A#
pass around the lampshade . there’ll be plenty enough room in jail .
Cm
if being wrong’s a crime , i’m serving forever –
C A#
if being strong is what you want , then i need help here with this feather .
Gm D#
if being afraid is a crime , we hang side by side
Cm A# Gm
at the swingin’ party down the line . . .
Cm A#
at the swingin’ party down the line .