An American Draft Dodger in Thunder Bay chords by
Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts

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Key: D minor
Verse 1
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He was born in a small town
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And he was given every
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reason to stay
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Hallelujah, Mississippi,
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postcard living no sign of decay
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Till Vietnam moved next door,
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then Hallelujah was off to war
In the dream he couldn't finish the deed
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He didn't smoke any weed so why leave?
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Going where
Verse 2
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Dm
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I can't be found
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Dm
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And I won't be coming 'round
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Verse 3
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His father Tom said you better sign on
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You'd better take up your
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gun and fight
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I got nothing against them Viet Cong
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What did they do wrong
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and why am I right?
Verse 4
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He's on his way to Thunder Bay
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Crossed the border late at night
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And it was high stakes until
he saw the Great Lakes
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And he felt the cold wind bite
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Going where
Verse 5
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I can't be found
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And I won't be coming 'round
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No, I'm an American on
the Canadian Shield
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And I'm putting down roots
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in your frozen fields
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It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger
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in a town and you're understood
Verse 6
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Missing his home,
he would wake up in a cold sweat
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And pick up the phone and hope
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that Tom found a way to forget
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He's been teaching at the high school,
learning the game
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In Thunder Bay we're all the same
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He's one of us, he has our trust
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But there's no going back
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once the line is crossed
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I'm an American
Verse 7
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on the Canadian Shield
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And I'm putting down roots
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in your frozen fields
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It gets cold but you feel so good to be
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a stranger in a town and you're understood
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Verse 8
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You can't ask what
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you're asking me to do
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And I hope you understand
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when I refuse
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I'm going North with my point of view
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And I'm never gonna think the same as you
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And I'm where
Verse 9
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I can't be found
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And I won't be coming 'round
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No, I'm an American on
the Canadian Shield
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And I'm putting down roots
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in your frozen fields
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It gets cold but you feel so good to be
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a stranger in a town and you're understood
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Outro 1
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