Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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down around my place
Every tool is rusted,
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down around my place
Creeks and rivers dried up,
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down around my place
My woman's tears are cried up,
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down around my place
Verse 2
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And before there came a flood
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Some lost all, even blood
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Now the sun and wind have come
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and left no trace
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Down around my place
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Verse 3
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These hunting grounds were hallowed,
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Exhausted fields lay fallow,
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Kingdoms come and crumble,
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My prayers are merely mumbles,
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Verse 4
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And I put my faith in you
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Did you make that error too?
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Bound to fail that he might
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Down around my place
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Verse 5
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Down around my place
Interlude 1
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Esus4
They
Verse 6
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D
said you wouldn't believe
Tom, Dick and Harry
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Started fighting for what he loved
Verse 7
we never were free
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From the tyranny of the hour
Interlude 2
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Verse 8
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down around my place
At every thought I'm thinkin',
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down around my place
While the young ones crowd the table,
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Bitchin' about no cable,
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down around my place
Verse 9
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And my grandpa says, “Don'tworry
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To try and slam the door in the
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next one's face”
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Down around my place
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Down around my place
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Down around my place
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Down around my place
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m A E Bm Bsus4...
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