Compared To You chords by
The Oak Ridge Boys

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Compared to my father I'm a college boy

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Who never learned to saw a straight line

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Compared to my mother I'm a sinner

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Who never saw the light

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D

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Em

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D

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Em

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But I read my bib le every day

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Em

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C

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I worked my hands in wood

I ain't always done my best but

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I've done the best I could

Verse 2

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D

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Compared to you I am

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C

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G

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Appalachian south

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C

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G

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When I hear those sweet words

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D

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Like peaches in your mouth

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G

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D

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I know that your roots

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C

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G

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Run underneath this clay

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To the place that makes a

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G

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D

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Dreamer never wanna run away

Em

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D

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Where love is rare love that's true

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I ain't never met a woman

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in my life

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G

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That compared to you

Interlude 1

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G

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C

C

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G

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C

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G

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G

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Verse 3

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Compared to my brother I'm a seeker

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Who just wanted way too much

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Compared to my sister I'm a loner

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Who is livin' out of touch

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D

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Em

Em

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And I've got nowhere else to be

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Em

Em

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C

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Would you like to take a walk

Or just sit here and let

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me hear you talk?

Verse 4

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Compared to you I am

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C

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G

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Appalachian south

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G

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When I hear those sweet words

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Like peaches in your mouth

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G

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You talk with a drawl and I

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talk with a twang

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But un derneath it all we both

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Em

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Mean the same thing love is rare

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Love that's true

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I ain't never met a woman in my life

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G

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That compared to you

Interlude 2

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Verse 5

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Em

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Well now that you know all of that

Do you think that we could

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Maybe close this gap?

Verse 6

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Compared to you I am

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C

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G

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Appalachian south

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C

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G

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When I hear those sweet words

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D

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Like peaches in your mouth

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G

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I know that your roots

C

C

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Run underneath this clay

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To the place that makes a

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G

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Dreamer never wanna run away

Em

Em

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Where love is rare love that's true

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I ain't never met a woman in my life

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G

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That compared to you

Outro 1

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Chords

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The original key of Compared To You by The Oak Ridge Boys is A major.

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