Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well I don't care if I get arrested,
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'Cos tonight they'll need more
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C
than a ball and chain,
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I don't care who's interested,
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I'm coming into town just
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the same.
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I've been so alone, I've been feeling blue,
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I think I need a little drink or two,
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Be my friend, tell me where the place is,
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Where the whiskey flows
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and the dices roll till dawn?
Verse 2
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My baby's done me wrong
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you must have guessed it,
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My heart's so low I think
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it must be told,
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That I don't wanna know where east or west is,
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'Cos pretty soon I won't
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feel the cold.
Verse 3
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When I'm walking down mainstreet,
feeling no pain,
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Along comes a cop, he can take my name,
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And explain to me what a
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federal case is,
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I'm mixing the barley with the grape again.
Verse 4
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Bright city lights, make me feel alright,
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I'm right or wrong
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and tomorrow never comes.
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I don't care if I get investigated,
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And the city fathers they
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all black my name.
Verse 5
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I'm pretty sure that you
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can smell the traces,
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For tomorrow morning,
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I'll take all the blame.
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I've been feeling bad and feeling blue,
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I think I need a little whiskey or two,
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God, brother,
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you look like you could do with it too.
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(That's true)
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Tonight I'll sleep on a walking- cane.
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Bright city lights, make me feel alright,
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I'm right or wrong and tomorrow
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never comes.
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I don't care
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if I get arrested,
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Cause tonight they'll need more
than a ball and chain.
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Verse 7
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I don't care who's interested,
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I'm coming into town just the same,
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I've been feeling alone
and I've been feeling blue.
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I think I need a little drink or two.
Verse 8
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Hey, be my friend,
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tell me where the place is,
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Where the whiskey flows and the dices roll till dawn
Outro 1
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