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Eb
Far away across the oceans,
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an undiscovered paradise.    
   Eb
Forget New York and California,
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there's a better place - now close your eyes! 
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Take my hand, we are almost there,
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our favorite place on earth!

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      Db
(Massachusetts!) It's the 14th biggest state!
      B
(Massachusetts!) Just four hours from New York.
      Gb
Read amazing books for free
at the Boston Library
           Gbm
or try the local brie.
      Db
(Massachusetts!) It's a melting point, my friend!
      Eb7
(Massachusetts!) So many cultures hand in hand!
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In perfect harmony...


Db
Welcome to the Massachusetts,
land of a thousand tribes,
home of Nelson Mandela,
fuck the apartheid!

Eb
Come on boys of Attleboro! (Hello hello hello hello!)
Catholic priest of Haverhill! (Haverhill!)
Staring dogs of the Suffolk County!
Local dancegroup of Pingryville! (five six seven eight!)

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Everyone living side by side
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in the state of hope and dreams!

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(Massachusetts!) I can't believe this place is real!
      B
(Massachusetts!) Can't describe the way I feel!
      Gb
Oh, I live with Steve and John, Mark and Cristopher and Tom,
      Gbm
Teddy P and Bruce!
      Db
(Massachusetts!) The famous Massachusetts Bay!
      Eb7
(Massachusetts!) Home of JF Kenneday!
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That tragically was shot...


     Gb
Just grab a friend and rent a car,
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drive and drive across the Massachusetts.
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Just two friends hanging out together,
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but never crossing the line.
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(It's a thin, thin line!)
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Oh, we're nothing more than friends.
 Ab/Bb
(Just good friends!)

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(Go M, go A, go S and S and O
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Go C and H and E and I
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Go C, go H and E and I
                Bb
Go M, A, double K
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Go A and K and O, K, O)
Spell it!
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(M - A - double S - O - C - H - E - I!)

Ref:
      E
(Massocheichei!) Doesn't sound right to me!
      D
(Makkakoko!) That's way to many K's!
             A
It should be mass - achoose,
like the "mass" in "massproduce",
    Am
but without the "produce".
      E
(Massachusetts!) That's the state I'm talking about!
      F#7
(Massachusetts!) Yeah, come on down, and you can see
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it's the paradise on earth.


E      D               E           D
 Yeah,  Massachusetts! Paradise on earth!
E           D
Boston city skyline or a picnic in the park,
E               D
checkin out the nightlife,
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and suddenly you're sucking on a cock.

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Massachusetts, greatest state of all! 
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Just because you're kissin' a man doesn't make you gay!
(Confused!)
E       D            A
Sixteen twenty - The pilgrims came to town
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Sometimes I watch The Lion King and I cry when Mufasa dies

E9
Prudential Tower, City Hall
and a lighthouse by the bay
Who hasn't ever seen a hunk on the bus and thought
"Mmm, I wanna sit on your lap"
 E    D    A
(Ooh, ooh, ooh!)
        E
Massachusetts!