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C# B G#
He seemed no different from the rest
C# B E
Just a healthy normal boy
C# B G#
His mama always did her best
C# B E
And he was daddy's pride and joy


C# B G#
He learned to walk and talk on time
C# B E
But never cared much to be held
C# B G#
and steadily he would decline
C# B E
Into his solitary shell


B                    A               E
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
B                            A       E
Kept to himself most of the time
B                         A               E
He would daydream in and out of his own world
        F#m                    A
but in every other way he was fine


        E
He's a Monday morning lunatic
    B
Disturbed from time to time
A
Lost within himself
         E      B
In his solitary shell


   E
A temporary catatonic
B
Madman on occasion
A
When will he break out
         E       B
Of his solitary shell

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C# B G#
He struggled to get through his day
C# B E
He was helplessly behind
C# B G#
He poured himself onto the page
C# B E
Writing for hours at a time
B                  A            E
As a man he was a danger to himself


B                           A        E
Fearful and sad most of the time
B                       A          E
He was drifting in and out of sanity
        F#m                     A
But in every other way he was fine


        E
He's a Monday morning lunatic
    B
Disturbed from time to time
A
Lost within himself
         E      B
In his solitary shell


    E
A momentary maniac
      B
With casual delusions
A
When will he be let out
         E       B
Of his solitary shell

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