Key: C major•
Verse 1
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G
Mothers, I want you to get all
of your teenagers together
I want to tell you a little story.
There was a girl that left a good home
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C
to go out on her own.
She wanted to see the world, yes,
G
Am
and have a lot of fun.
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C
But she didn't know right then, yeah,
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C
that she would meet a man,
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C
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C
a man called King Heroin
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C
But in her fullest pride,
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Dm
she pushed her mother aside
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G
She said, Mother, I'm old enough to know
He whispered in her ear
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F
In his deadly charm
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C
let me take you higher
C
F
Oh, to New York, and to, yeah,
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C
the boardwalk
To the south side of Chicago,
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F
and many a southern town
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F
She made California and Flagstaff,
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Am
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C
Arizon a
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C
Never thought of going back home
Now let me talk to you a little bit more
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Dm
Now the news reached down in Reno
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Am
C
To come on home at once
But home your darling mother
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C
You know what young folks,
she could go right there, ah yeah,
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Dm
C
she had to pay a man,
Am
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G
a man called King Heroin,
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C
No one helped her
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They just pushed her aside
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Dm
C
She had one final debt
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C
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C
Oh, to a man called King Heroin
Now this is about the end of it, listen
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D
No one knows her name
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G
C
But I know found energy
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Dm
C
Geez, though tragic it may seem
Rhythm of me,
Outro 1
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Dm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF G C Am D...
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