Buffalo Ballet chords by Paul Kelly

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (E minor) When
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 (D major) Abilene  (A major) was  (G major) young and gay
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 (D major) And thunder (A major) storms filled  (B minor) the  (D major) day
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The  (E minor) cattle  (D major) roamed outside  (G major) the  (D major) town
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Sleeping  (A major) in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleeping in the midday sun (D major) 
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Sleepin'  (A major) in the midday sun (E minor) ,
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sleepin' in the midday sun (D major) 
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Then tracks were laid  (A major) across  (G major) the plain
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 (D major) By broken old men  (A major) in  (G major) tarred rain
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 (D major) The  (E minor) towns grew  (G major) up,
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 (D major) the  (E minor) people were  (G major) still
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 (D major) Sleeping  (A major) in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleepin' in the midday sun (D major) 
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Sleepin'  (A major) in the midday sun  (E minor) 
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Sleepin' in the midday sun (D major) 
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We'll  (F major) all join in (G major) 
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We'll  (B flat major) all hold hands  (D major) 
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We'll  (F major) all join in
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 (G major) And  (B flat major) run the land  (A major) 
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But  (G major) Georgia's once
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Long,  (D major) long ago
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Roared  (G major) through the town
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And  (D major) mowed down those
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Sleeping  (A major) in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleeping in the midday sun (D major) 
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Sleeping  (A major) in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleeping in the midday sun (D major) 
Gold came and went
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 (A major) Quickly  (G major) spent
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 (D major) The people broke down  (A major) 
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An (G major) d  laughed and drowned
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 (D major) Of  (G major) work and of pain
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 (D major) And  (G major) old Abile (D major) ne
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 (A major) Sleepin' in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleepin' in the midday sun (D major) 
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 (A major) Sleepin' in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleepin' in the midday sun (D major) 
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 (A major) Sleepin' in the midday sun (E minor) 
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Sleepin' in the midday sun (D major) 
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 (A major) Sleepin' in the midday sun
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 (E minor) Sleeping in the midday  (D major) sun (A major) 
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) In the midday sun  (D major) 