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19th Nervous Breakdown Bass

(ver. 1)
Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; released on single (with "As
Tears Go By" in the UK and "Sad Day" in the USA as B-sides)

Intro:
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                                                          You're the

Verse:
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  kind    of per  -   son     you meet at     cer  -  tain


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  dis  -  mal     dull    affairs,                        Center


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  of      a   crowd,  tal  - king much    too loud   run  -   ning


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  up      and     down    the stairs.               Well, it


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  seems   to  me      that    you     have    seen    too     much


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      in      too     few     years,                      And


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  though  you try         you just    can't   hide,       your


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  eyes    are edged   with    tears.                  You'd better


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  stop,                                                   look a-


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  round.                                              Here it

Refrain:
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  comes,                                              Here it


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  comes,                                              here it


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  comes,                                              Here


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  comes   your    nine -  teenth  ner  -  vous break- down


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                                                      Oh, when you

Verse:
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  were    a   child,  you were    trea -  ted kind,   but     you


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  ne- ver     brought up      right,                  And you were


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  al  -   ways spoiled    with a  thou -  sand toys,      but


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  still   you cried  at      night.                  Your


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  mother      who     neg    -    lected          you owns    a


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  mil  -  lion dol  - lars    tax,                    And your


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  fa  -   ther    still   per  -  fecting     ways    of


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  ma      king    cei  -  ling wax.                   You'd better


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  stop,                                                   look a-


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  round.                                              Here it

Refrain:
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  comes,                                              Here


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  comes   your    nine -  teenth  ner  -  vous break- down


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Bridge:
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  Oh,                             who's           to          blame?


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                                                          That


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  girl's                          just            in    -     sane.


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                                                          Well,


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  nothing I       do      don't   seem    to  work,           it


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  on   -  ly  seems   to  make    matters     worse,  oh,


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  please!


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                                                          You were

Verse:
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  still in        school  you had     that    fool    who
                      when

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  real -  ly  messed  your    mind,                       And


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  af   -  ter that    you     turned  your back   on


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  trea -  ting    people      kind.                       On


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  our     first   trip I      tried   so      hard        to


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  re- ar  -   range   your    mind,                       But


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  af  -   ter 'while      I       re- a   -   lized   you were


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  dis  -  ar  -   ran  -  ging mine.                  You'd better


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  stop,                                                   look a-


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  round.                                              Here it

Refrain:
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  comes   your    nine -  teenth  ner  -  vous break- down


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Bridge:
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  Oh,                             who's           to          blame?


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                                                          That


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  girl's                          just            in    -     sane.


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                                                          Well,


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  nothing I       do      don't   seem    to  work,           it


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  on   -  ly  seems   to  make    matters     worse,  oh,


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  please!


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                                                          When you

Verse:
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  were    a   child,  you were    trea -  ted kind,   but     you


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  ne- ver     brought up      right,                  And you were


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  al  -   ways spoiled    with a  thou -  sand toys,      but


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  still   you cried   at      night.                  Your


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  mother      who     neg    -    lected          you owns    a


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  mil  -  lion dol  - lars    tax,                    And your


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  fa  -   ther    still   per  -  fecting     ways    of


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  ma      king    cei  -  ling wax.                   You'd better


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  stop,                                                   look a-


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  round.

Outro:
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                                                      Here it


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  comes,                                              here


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  comes   your    nine -  teenth  ner  -  vous break- down,


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(play fast triplets, three notes for each beat while sliding down)
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                                                      Here
Repeat and fade...

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