Bad Fruit chords by John Wesley Harding

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Verse 1
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On the
long
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slow slide to  Calvary
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Was it an airplane flying home?
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Well I met her when I was born
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And we went up to Rome, R -O -M -E
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We ended up in Italy,
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the rain was pouring down
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She was wearing her party dress,
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she got me dressed up like a Piero clown
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As the sun climbed up my window,
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the alarm went off again
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I had to leave right after that warning
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I just could not be sustained
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Well, I took my love for her away
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But it never left my mind
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She said, you know,
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I don't mind looking you in my eyes
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But I wish you wouldn't be unkind
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And I said, from one quick bite of a bad fruit
to today in seconds flat
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have you still got that hat I   gave you
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do you still think that it will save you
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and just between you and me
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this life is not as long
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as  it's cracked up to be well
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I've been here so long
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it all feels like I'm growing roots
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to one quick bite of a bread
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Well I fell in love with be  ing in love
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And  she fell in love with a snake
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And all he gave her was social security
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And  a slice of his birthday cake
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And I went back to the house we renovated
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In that row on Nowhere Street
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And I just sat there writing
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my  obituary
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Waiting for a chance to complete it
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Something happened in
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some big city
Somewhere, sometime, somehow
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That's as far as I can go
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I checked in my pockets
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And the petals you gave
me were still in there
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So it wasn't a dream, I know
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As my ship sailed from the harbour
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She waved from on dry land
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A red -headed woman,
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she told me last Thursday
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You gotta go backwards
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if you wanna understand
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I shout from one great bite of a bad food
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To today in seconds flat
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Have you still got that cat I gave you?
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Do you still think that it can save you?
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And just between you and me
This life is not as long
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as it's cracked up to be
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Well I've been here so long
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It all feels like I'm growing roots
And it just took one quick
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bite of a bad fruit
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One quick bite of a bad fruit,
hit the cover!
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