Body Of An American chords by Johnny Logan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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A Cadillac stood by the house
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And the Yanks they were within
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The Tinker Boys, they hissed advice
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Hardwirer with a pin
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We turned and shook as we had a look
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In the room where the dead man lay
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So Big Jim Dwyer made his last trip
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To the home where his father lay
Fifteen minutes later we had our
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first taste of whisky
There were uncles giving lectures
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on ancient Irish history
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The men all started telling jokes
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an d the women they got frisky
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By five o  'clock in the evening
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every bastard there was pissed
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Fare thee well gone away,
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there's nothing left to say
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Farewell to New York City boys,
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to Bo ston F .B .A.
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He took the mail with a well -aimed clout
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and was often heard to say
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I'm a freeborn man of the U  .S .A.
He fought the champ in Pittsburgh
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And he slashed him to the ground
Took on Tiny Tartanella
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And it only went one round
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He never had no time for reds
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For drink or dice or whores
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And he never threw a fight
when the fight was right
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So they sent him off to war
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Fair thee well gone away
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There's nothing left to say
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With a slouch and jaw and an ear and go
My love's in America
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They call and love their rosary
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Spanish wine from far away
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I'm a free -born man of the U  .S .A.
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This morning on the harbor,
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when I said goodbye to you
I remember how I swore
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that I'd come back to you one day
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And as the sunset came to meet
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the evening on the hill
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I told you I'd always love you,
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always did and I always will
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Barely well gone away,
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there's nothing left to say
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Except to say a duty rises blue
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as the water in the bay
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To bid Jim Dwyer the man of wire
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who was often heard to say
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I'm a freeborn man of the U  .S .A.
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A freeborn man of the U  .S .A.
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I'm a freeborn man of the U  .S .A.
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