6 Chords used in the song: E, A, B, Aadd9, A6, Asus4

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Verse 1:E
I was raised up believingA
I was somehow uniqueB
Like a snowflake unique among snowflakesA
E
Unique in each way you can see
Verse 2:E
And now after some thinkingA
I'd say I'd rather beB
A functioning cog in some great machinery
A
E
Serving something beyond me
Chorus:E
A
But I don't, I don't know what that will beE
A
E
I'll get back to you someday, soon you will see.
Verse 3:E
What's my name, what's my station?A
Oh, just tell me what I should doB
I don't need to be kind to the armies of the nightA
E
That would do such injustice to you
Verse 4:E
Or bow down and be gratefulA
And say, "Sure, take all that you see."B
To the men who move only in dimly-lit hallsA
E
And determine my future for me
ChorusE
A
And I don't, I don't know who to believeE
A
E
I'll get back to you someday, soon you will see
Verse 6:E
If I know only one thingA
It's that everything that I seeB
Of the world outside is so inconceivableA
E
Often I barely can speakE
Yeah, I'm tongue-tied and dizzyA
And I can't keep it to myselfB
What good is it to sing helplessness blues?A
E
Why should I wait for anyone else?
Chorus:E
A
And I know, I know you will keep me on the shelfE
A
E
I'll come back to you someday, soon myself
Instrumental:E
Choral Section:E
A
If I had an orchardE
A (
Aadd9)
I'd work till I'm rawA6
E
And if I had an orchardA
Asus4
A
I'd work till I'm soreE
A
And you would wait tablesE
A
Asus4
A
And soon run the storeE
A
Gold hair in the sunlightE
A (
Aadd9)
My light in the dawnA6
E
If I had an orchardA
Asus4
A
I'd work till I'm sore
(repeat)E
A
Someday I'll beE
A
Like the man on the screen
Outro:
A-Asus4-A-E
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