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<h2>Fingers to the bone </h2>

<font size="2">Words &amp; music by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse and Ian Paice</font>

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Everything went wrong, I'm sorry boys, I have to let you go <br>
Ah we've had some hard times and the long rain, it didn't show <br>
Hired hands, I've seen them come and go but you don't come much better <br>
Ah today's Blue Monday, I just got a bad news letter <br>
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This day has come, the darkest cloud on our horizon <br>
My hands are tied down to that promise note I signed upon <br>
Always been this way, it's the poor man who gets hurt <br>
And all you ever work for is to leave your footprints in the dirt <br>
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You work your fingers to the bone <br>
You work your fingers to the bone <br>
You work your fingers to the bone <br>
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The deed is done, the fruit will fall to someone else's hand <br>
That's how the land lies, now we all know where we stand <br>
You'll have to walk away, don't let them see you running <br>
Ah today's Blue Monday and I should've seen it coming <br>
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You work your fingers to the bone <br>
You work your fingers to the bone <br>
Ah your fingers to the bone <br>
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If sweat and tears were all it took to make this valley green <br>
Ah we'd be alright but now it's gone, they've taken everything <br>
They say it's just an act of God and that's the way the ill wind blows <br>
You've got thirty days to pack your bags, say goodbye, hit the road <br>
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You work your fingers to the bone <br>
You work your fingers to the bone <br>
You work your fingers to the bone <br>
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You work your fingers to the bone <br>
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