Intro
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[Verse 1]
D#7
Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
D#7
Adjust to what, a dream that bust?
A#7
He was a clean-cut kid
D#7
Well, they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Verse 2]
D#7
They said what’s up is down, they said what isn’t is
D#7
They put ideas in his head he thought were his
A#7
He was a clean-cut kid
D#7
But they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Verse 3]
D#7
He was on the baseball team, he was in the marching band
D#7
When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand
A#7
He was a clean-cut kid
D#7
They made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 1]
G#
They said, “Listen boy, you’re just a pup”
D#7
They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up
F7
They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills
A#7
A# jeep to drive, blood to spill
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[Verse 4]
D#7
They said “Congratulations, you got what it takes”
D#7
They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes
A#7
He was a clean-cut kid
D#7
They made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 2]
G#
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
D#7
The only game he could play was Russian roulette
F7
He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
A#7
Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed
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[Verse 5]
D#7
He went to Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole
D#7
He stole a Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
A#7
They took a clean-cut kid
D#7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 3]
G#
He could’ve sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
D#7
Could’ve been an accountant or a tennis star
F7
He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
A#7
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
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[Verse 6]
D#7
His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans
D#7
They gotta sleep together in a home they don’t own
A#7
They took a clean-cut kid
D#7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 4]
G#
Well, everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
D#7
All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
F7
They took his head and turned it inside out
A#7
He never did know what it was all about
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[Verse 7] + coda
D#7
He had a steady job, he joined the choir
D#7
He never did plan to walk the high wire
A#7
They took a clean-cut kid
D#7 D#7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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