County Fair chords by John Mellencamp
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well the County Fair left quite a mess
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In the county yard
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Kids with eyes as big as dollars
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Rode all the rides
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Strip artists and con artists
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Put on quite a show
And made some money
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Then left town
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Where they went I don't
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know
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Hey all you suckers
Verse 2
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I heard a fat woman say
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Come on in for fifty cents
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You can stay in here all day
So I took a chance
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I went inside
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Wasn't much there to see
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So I asked her for my money back
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And she just smiled at me
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Verse 3
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Saw Princess Tonyika taken
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off all her clothes
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Rode some rides and played some games
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Saw the Wild Man from Borneo
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There was a black man
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playing the blues
Talked to some friends
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I hadn't seen in a while
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Through a football through
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a hoop
Verse 4
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Well I saw them loading up their trucks
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Taking down the rides
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Folding up all the tents
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There's a full moon in the sky
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Some were laughing some were cussing
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As they worked
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Saw one of them making love
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To a local girl
Verse 5
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I was minding
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my own business
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It was quarter after two
When a fella walked up and said
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Hey man
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I remember you
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And then he shoved me
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And pulled out his knife
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Stuck me three times in the chest
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And I died that night
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Verse 6
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For the like of me I can't remember
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Who he was
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And why he'd put a knife in me
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In the dusty parking lot
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Everybody said
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What a shame it was
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But he knew better than staying out
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Past twelve o'clock
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Verse 7
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Some people put no value
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On a human life
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And there are places we all go
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That just ain't safe at night
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If somebody would do this to me
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They just might do it to you
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So be careful where you go
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And what you say or do
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Verse 8
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Well the County Fair left quite a mess
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In the county yard
County Fair
John Mellencamp
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