It Takes A Fool To Remain Sane Chords by The Ark

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] Whatever happened to the [Bb] funky race?
A [C] generation lost in [G] pace?
_ Wasn't life [F] supposed to be more than [Bb] this?
In this kiss, [C] I'll change your ball for my [G] bliss
Lick on my hand [F] and it will slip on the [Bb] sand
If you don't give me the chance [C] to break down the walls of [G] attitude
_ I [A] ask nothing of you
[Bb] Not even [C] your gratitude _
[Bb] And if you think I'm corny [C] then it will not make me sorry
[Dm] It's your right to laugh at [F] me
And in [Bb] turn, this is my opportunity [C] _ to feel [Dm] brave
_ _ [F] _ _ Cause it [Bb] takes a fool to remain [C] sane
Oh, it [Dm] takes a fool to remain [F] sane
_ Oh, it [Bb] takes a fool to remain [C] sane
Oh, in [D] this world I'm covered up in [F] shame _ _
[G] Every morning I would [F] see her getting off the bus
[Bb] The picture never drops, it's [C] like a multicolored snapshot
[G] Stuck in my brain, [F] it's kept me sane
[Bb] For a couple of years, [C] as it drains my fears
[G] Of becoming like the others, [F] who become unhappy mothers
[Bb] And fathers of unhappy [C] kids
And why is that?
Cause [Bb] they've forgotten how to play
[C] _ Or maybe [Dm] they're afraid to feel [F] ashamed
To seem [Bb] strange, to seem [C] insane
To gain weight, to [D] seem [Dm] gay
I tell you [F] this
That it [Bb] takes a fool to remain [C] sane
Oh, it [D] takes a fool to remain [F] sane
Oh, it [Bb] takes a fool to remain _ [C] sane
Oh, in [D] this world I'm covered up in [F] shame
Oh, take it to [Bb] the stage
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[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] Take it to the stage
[F] In a multicolored jacket
[C] Take a jackpot
Crackpots dropping like a [G] peacock
Native on your shark and [F] saw
Shimmy shammy feather [Bb] ball
Crackpots, haircut [C] style
Herring [G] glowing red
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] Do what you wanna [Dm] do
Don't be twice [F] due
What you have to [Bb] do, do, do, do
[C] Let your heart decide
[Dm] _ What you have to [F] do
This all is too [Bb] far
_ _ _ [C] _ Cause it [D] takes a fool to remain [F] sane
Oh, it [Bb] takes a fool to remain [C] sane
Oh, in [D] this world I'm covered up in [F] shame
Oh, it [Bb] takes a fool to remain [C] sane
Oh, it [D] takes a fool to remain _ [F] sane
Oh, it [Bb] takes a fool to remain [C] sane
Oh, in [D] this world I'm covered up in [F] shame
Oh, it [Bb] takes a fool
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[D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ In [Dm] your soul, covered up in [F] shame _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] What you _
[Dm] have to do
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _