Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
D
C
Danny laid back
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D
G
A king on his bench, he was cold, he was blue
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D
G
I asked for permission to give him a note
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C
He nodded, not movin',
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G
just scratched at his throat
Verse 2
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G
D
G
Like he was the one who was glad to be used
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D
I had a sense he was playin' a part
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D
But I had to help, for he tore at my heart
Verse 3
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G
He would walk, his feet wrapped in rags
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G
The pride in his eyes would so clearly flash
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G
Like I was the one who needed the cash
Verse 4
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C
G
have always to walk
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D
G
there's no time to talk
Verse 5
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G
Danny would lay, he'd never speak
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G
Here was a man who had attained his peak
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G
No fables to tell, and nothing held back
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G
This was a man who had led a strong path
Verse 6
G
C
G
Old soldier, perhaps, or a worn,
old jailbird
Verse 7
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C
G
He walked slowly, no hurryin' to death
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G
with his very last breath
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G
the mist and the slightly grey sky
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C
G
Danny was waiting, patient to die
Verse 8
G
C
G
have always to walk
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G
fifteen miles strong
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G
no where's to hope
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G
there's no time to talk
Verse 9
G
C
Danny laid back,
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D
G
looked down and the plain
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G
with magnificent mane
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G
just scratched at his throat
Verse 10
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C
G
those who live rough
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C
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Danny was a giant, solid and tough
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G
and scribble this song
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G
he'd live just as long
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD C G Em
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