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The Doll House
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Phil Ochs
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D G D
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Lost in the valley of vaults/dolls/Oz(?)
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G D G D
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Fell from the path, it was nobody's fault
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Bm A
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That I was alone.
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D G D
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Time dripped from the trees
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G - D
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Left through the nail (I leapt through a lamp/land/lap(?) (?))
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G D G A
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I fell to my knees before the throne
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Bm G Bm
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And the crown was covered jewels, sparkling schools
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A
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The beautiful faun/falls/(?)
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G A
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The magnificent battle was fought
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Bm G A
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And Cinderella's soldier fish was caught
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Bm A
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And the lady from the lake
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Bm A
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Who helped me to escape
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G Em A
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Led me to myself at last
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Em A Bm /A/D
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Though I danced with the dolls in the doll house
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G D G D
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The flower fled from my feet,
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G D G D
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Tom Sawyer voice through the hole of the key,
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Bm A
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Landed so gently.
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D G D
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Castles cover the cave,
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G D G D
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I had no choice, the visions were brave
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Bm A
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And the phantoms were friendly,
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Bm G
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And Pirate Jenny was dancing for pennies,
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Bm A
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The knucklebones tossed in a spin,
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G A
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There were silver songs on her skin.
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Bm G A
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And she wasn't caring when the ship came in.
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And the lady from the lake
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Helped me to escape
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Led me to myself at last,
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Though I danced with the dolls in the doll house
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D G D
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My costume dropped to the floor,
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G D G D
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Naked at last, I couldn't fight any-more,
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Bm A
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And the service was rendered.
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D G D G D
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A poem fell from the wine, buried the past.
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G D Bm A
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The future was mine and the present sur-rendered.
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Bm G
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And the ballet master is beckoning faster,
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Bm A G A
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The ballerina was posed, in the fragile beauty we froze.
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Bm G A
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Let go, let go, let go, let go, let go.
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And the lady from the lake
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Who helped me to escape
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Left me with myself at last
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Though I danced with the doll in the doll house
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