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