ain't it a sad thing chords by
R. Dean Taylor

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1

Big brown tin can

Lying in the black sand

We used to lie there and watch the day

Now the leaves have all turned to grey

Verse 2
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D D 
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Down by the river where
the river don't flow
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We can't go there no more
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Down by the river where
the river don't flow
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The birds don't sing,
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Em Em 
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ain't it a sad thing

Verse 3
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Little child upon my knee
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Holds a picture of a tree
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Tears in his eyes say where'd they all go
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The tears in mine say
I really don't know

Verse 4
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D D 
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Down by the river where
A A 
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the river don't flow
C C 
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G G 
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We can't go there no more
Down by the river where
D D 
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the river don't flow
C C 
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The birds don't sing,
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Em Em 
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ain't it a sad thing

Verse 5
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Listen to the wind blowing over the land
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Listen to the reasons that you
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A A 
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don't understand
Reach out and take my hand and we'll
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run run run run

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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(Whistling)
Down by the river where
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the river don't flow
C C 
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G G 
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We can't go there no more
Down by the river where
D D 
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the river don't flow
C C 
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The birds don't sing,
G G 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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G G 
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ain't it a sad thing

Verse 7
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Cities eating up the land
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Progress eating up the past
(?)
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The writing's in the slime
on the sewer wall
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You better look see or

Verse 8
we're all gonna fall
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Down by the river where
the river don't flow
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G G 
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We can't go there no more
D D 
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Down by the river where the
river don't flow
C C 
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The birds don't sing,
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Em Em 
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G G 
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ain't it a sad thing

Outro 1
(Whistle to fade)
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