Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
You was cryin' in the early mornin'
You was born in a stable Lord
Reid Memorial is where I
Verse 2
was born
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They wrapped you in swaddling clothes
Verse 3
Me they dressed in baby blue
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Well, I was twelve years old
in the meeting house
Listening to the old men pray
Well, I was tryin' hard to figure out
What it was that they was
Verse 4
tryin' to say
They said, "You weren't old enough
to know the things you knew"
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Verse 5
Did you grow up fast?
Did the little girls giggle
when you walked past?
that made them laugh?
Verse 6
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
Verse 7
And you was a boy like I was once
but was you a boy like me
Well I grew up around Indiana
You grew up around Galilee and
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Lord, I wanna grow up
Verse 8
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And lick his nose?
Did you play beneath the spray
of a water hose?
in the winter snow?
Verse 9
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
make a boy grow bold
Stories like that make a man
Interlude 1
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Verse 10
Playing hide and seek?
Did you try not to cry when you
scraped your knee?
across a quiet creek?
Verse 11
'bout the saints of old
Stories about their faith
Interlude 2
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Verse 12
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C Am
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