Compared To You chords by The Oak Ridge Boys

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Compared to my father I'm a college boy
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C 
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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But I read my bib le every day
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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

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Verse 2
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Compared to you I am
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G 
Appalachian south
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G 
When I hear those sweet words
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Like peaches in your mouth
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I know that your roots
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Run underneath this clay
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To the place that makes a
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D 
Dreamer never wanna run away
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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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That compared to you

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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C 
Compared to my brother I'm a seeker
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C 
Who just wanted way too much
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Compared to my sister I'm a loner
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C 
Who is livin' out of touch
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Em 
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And I've got nowhere else to be
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D 
Em 
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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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Appalachian south
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G 
When I hear those sweet words
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Like peaches in your mouth
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D 
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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That compared to you

Interlude 2

Verse 5

Well now that you know all of that

Do you think that we could

Maybe close this gap?

Verse 6
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Compared to you I am
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G 
Appalachian south
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G 
When I hear those sweet words
D 
Like peaches in your mouth
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D 
I know that your roots
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G 
Run underneath this clay
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To the place that makes a
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D 
Dreamer never wanna run away
Em 
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G 
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Where love is rare love that's true
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D 
I ain't never met a woman in my life
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That compared to you