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[Verse 1]
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Me, I’m just one man, up on the stage I make my stand.
          Am             Am             E
Yes, it’s true, I have a band up here behind me.
      C                    C            G              G
While you, you’ve got your crew and the Secret Service too
         Am             Am                       E
and your wife from the EU, but you’re no good at rhyming.

[Chorus]
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So hey, get down off that stage, we’ve heard everything you’ve got to say.
            F               G                    C              Fm
You’ve been calling all the shots, you’ve got us all tied up in knots.
C            G             C         C
  C’mon man,   get off the stage.

[Verse 2]
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Now me, I spend half of my life in an Econoline van with my band and my wife
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and when she steps up to the mic I’ve seen grown men burst out crying.
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While you, you’ve got an ugly mouth, you got no heart at all except for your Russian pal.
            Am                       Am                       E
You’re an obstruction in democracy’s bowel and the patient is dying.

[Chorus]
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  So come down off that stage, please   get off the stage,
        F               G                    C               Fm
come on down and take a seat. We’ll put some John Prine on repeat,
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  all we’re asking is   get off the stage.

[Bridge]
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  If you were an automobile you’d be out of gas
               C                             G
with four flat tires and a smog check that’s never gonna pass.
E                                       F
  If you were a pair of socks, you’d be full of holes,
               G                              G
you’re one bad hombre, so, why don’t you just turn around and go home.

[Verse 3]
          C                      C                        G                         G
And maybe do something with that hair, take a walk in the park, visit a renaissance fair.
                  Am                             Am                            E
You’re headed for prison, you know, but don’t be scared, the first time is the hardest.

[Chorus]
F      G                 C            F          G                   C
  Just get down off that stage, we’ve heard everything you’ve got to say.
       F                 G             C             Fm          Fm
Take a book down off the shelf, try to love somebody else.
    C                 G             C         C
Whatever you do, just   get off the stage.

[Outro]
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