After It's Gone chords by Patterson Hood

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Drive around town,
don't see anyone around
Empty storefronts,
alternative ghost town
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Pedal still conjures how I feel
Got reasons to stay,
a few reasons to peel
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It's weighing on me,
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and I sure hope I'm wrong
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Cause it ain't coming back,
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after it's gone
Well it's a delicate balance,
and it's doing a handstand
Cause it's old as jack balance,
and it's up on the bandstand
There's no building back
once you've your brand
As fresh as yesterday's coffee,
got my ear to the ground
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I'd be praying if I could
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But it's been so  long
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Always showing me some trussels
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Now that they're gone
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And I'd rather be wrong
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Then have it all be gone
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If it all disappears
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There's no reason to stay here
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And if it all disappears
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Like it does in that fears
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Nothing unique to be found
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In the strip mall town
America beautiful's getting
all boarded up
Replaced with some junk,
all hoarded up
We're playing the fool
and the landfills are full
Air -conditioned and tranquilized
and flunking out of school
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If all politics are local
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then I guess it starts here
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We've got a whole lot to lose
and a whole lot to fear
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It's a delicate balance
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till they're closing the store
I mean, who needs a downtown
when there's a Walmart
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next door?
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We say there's nothing we can do,
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but we need to  stay strong
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Cause it ain't coming back,
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after it's gone
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Oh, oh, oh.
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Thank you for
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You