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[D]new to town with a made up name 
[Bm]in the angel's city chasing fortune and fame
[G]and the camera flashes make it look like[D] a dream [A]
[D]you had it figured out since you were in school 
[Bm]everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool 
[G]so overnight, you look like a [D]60s queen 
[A]another [G]name goes up [Bm]in lights 
[G]like diamonds in[A] the sky... [D]
 
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[D]and they'll tell you now 
you're the [A]lucky one 
[G]yeah, they'll tell you now 
you're the[A] lucky one 
but[D] can you tell me now 
you're the[A] lucky one 
[G]oh, oh, [D]oh... 
 
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[D]now it's big black cars and riviera views 
[Bm]and your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you 
[G]and your secrets end 
up splashed on the news front [D]page [A]
[D]and they tell you that you're
 lucky but you're so confused 
[Bm]cause you don't feel pretty, you just feel used 
[G]and all the young things line up to take[D] your place [A]
[G]another name goes up in [Bm]lights 
[G]you wonder if you'll make it[A] out alive 
 
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[D]and they'll tell you now 
[A]you're the lucky one 
[G]yeah, they'll tell you now 
[A]you're the lucky one 
[D]but can you tell me now 
[A]you're the lucky one 
[G]oh, oh, oh,[D] oh, [A]ooh, [G]oh, oh 
[D]oh, [A]ooh, [G]oh, oh 
 
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[D]it was a few years later I showed up here 
[Bm]and they still tell the
 legend of how you disappeared 
[G]how you took the money and your
 dignity and got the[D] hell out [A]
[D]they say you bought a bunch of land somewhere 
[Bm]chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square 
[G]and it took some time, but I understand it [D]now... [A]
[G]cause now my name is up in[Bm] lights 
[G]but I think you got it[A] right 
 
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[A]let me tell you now 
you're the[A] lucky one 
[G]let me tell you now 
you're the[A] lucky one 
[D]let me tell you now 
you're the [A]lucky one 
[G]oh, oh, oh... 
[D]let me tell you now 
[A]you're the lucky one 
[G]let me tell you now 
[A]you're the lucky one 
[D]let me tell you now 
[A]you're the lucky one 
[G]oh, oh,[D] oh,[A] oh, [G]oh....