Key: G major•
Verse 1
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Look here, I'm in Augusta, Georgia.
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My hometown, you know.
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Now I go there, Jack, fill up the joint.
Don't sing a thing
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but rhythm and blues.
because I believed that I could succeed.
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And now I'm a proud member
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You can make it, Jack, if you try.
you can make it if you try.
Just keep on pushing, Jack.
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That credit may feel an impression.
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Don't give up. Now dig this.
if you get up and try to do something
Don't be telling a cat
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Like I said before, this is a man world
I didn't have nothing,
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I had to go out and get it
But thanks to all you people
you seen that I was trying
to do something
You gotta give him a hand
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But the catch is not trying to make it,
don't be holding other people back,
get out the way
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that's when I want the kids to stay in school
so you'll know what
you're talking about.
You don't have to say what
and scratch your head
don't go through that thing.
turn your back and say
that's the way I feel.
When I hit that bandstand
but I know I know what
I'd have to ask somebody
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if I'm doing the right thing because I know I'm
trying to entertain young people
a show.
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the Flames, the dancers,
our whole entourage of people,
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we've got tours from Florida to Rome,
Now, hit it one more time,
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man. You hear that?
Talk about my home,
some Alabama,
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some Mississippi,
some New York, and some California.
and some South Carolina and Virginia
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Some Illinois and some West Virginia
the different places now
you get ready fellas,
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C F
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