Back Before The War chords by Larry Joe Taylor

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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had a two
-tone Chevy Nova car,
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used to ride around
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Used to park behind a Dairy Queen
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out on the outskirts of town
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Used to play spades all night,
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Em 
no one keeping score
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Used to be so in love,
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but that was back before the war
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Used to go out Saturday night,
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cut a rug till dawn
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Up early on a Sunday morning,
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get those church clothes on
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Send the kids to Grandma's house,
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Em 
they all knew what for
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Make love all afternoon,
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but that was back before the war
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Back before the war,
you and I,
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we'd sweat and work together
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Side by side, we made it through
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some years of stormy weather
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Never had much of nothing at all,
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but we were anything but poor
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Cause you and I were so in love,
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D 
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but that was back before the war
And you and I chose up sides,
went into battle
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Took everything we'd acquired
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and we'd split it right
down the middle
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Who's right and who was wrong,
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it just don't matter anymore
Em 
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For the life of me,
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I can't see now who won the war
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Now look at you,
you're raising our kids
You're livin' in our home
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And I got a little place downtown
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And I choose to live alone
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Pick up my kids on the weekend
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My son says, Daddy,
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won't you tell me once more
About you and Mama
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Back before the war
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Back before the war
For you and I,
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we had sweat and worked together
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Side to side, we made it through
A 
some years of stormy weather
D 
Never had much or nothing at all,
A 
D 
but we were anything but poor
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Cause you and I were so in love,
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and that was back before the war
Yeah, we had a good time
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going back before the war