Intro
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[Verse 1]
B7
Everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
B7
Adjust to what, a dream that bust?
F#7
He was a clean-cut kid
B7
Well, they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Verse 2]
B7
They said what’s up is down, they said what isn’t is
B7
They put ideas in his head he thought were his
F#7
He was a clean-cut kid
B7
But they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Verse 3]
B7
He was on the baseball team, he was in the marching band
B7
When he was ten years old he had a watermelon stand
F#7
He was a clean-cut kid
B7
They made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 1]
E
They said, “Listen boy, you’re just a pup”
B7
They sent him to a napalm health spa to shape up
C#7
They gave him dope to smoke, drinks and pills
F#7
F# jeep to drive, blood to spill
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[Verse 4]
B7
They said “Congratulations, you got what it takes”
B7
They sent him back into the rat race without any brakes
F#7
He was a clean-cut kid
B7
They made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 2]
E
He bought the American dream but it put him in debt
B7
The only game he could play was Russian roulette
C#7
He drank Coca-Cola, he was eating Wonder Bread
F#7
Ate Burger Kings, he was well fed
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[Verse 5]
B7
He went to Hollywood to see Peter O’Toole
B7
He stole a Rolls-Royce and drove it in a swimming pool
F#7
They took a clean-cut kid
B7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 3]
E
He could’ve sold insurance, owned a restaurant or bar
B7
Could’ve been an accountant or a tennis star
C#7
He was wearing boxing gloves, took a dive one day
F#7
Off the Golden Gate Bridge into China Bay
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[Verse 6]
B7
His mama walks the floor, his daddy weeps and moans
B7
They gotta sleep together in a home they don’t own
F#7
They took a clean-cut kid
B7
And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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[Bridge 4]
E
Well, everybody’s asking why he couldn’t adjust
B7
All he ever wanted was somebody to trust
C#7
They took his head and turned it inside out
F#7
He never did know what it was all about
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[Verse 7] + coda
B7
He had a steady job, he joined the choir
B7
He never did plan to walk the high wire
F#7
They took a clean-cut kid
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And they made a killer out of him, that’s what they did
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