Early Bird Cafe chords by
John Cougar Mellencamp

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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Everybody's laughin'
C C 
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at the Early Bird Café
C C 
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I've been hidden there since yesterday,
G G 
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and I believe I've lost my way
C C 
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Charlotte's there in organdy,
and Billy's there in suede
G G 
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There's money in their pockets,
C C 
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G G 
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and all the dues are paid
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There's wine on every table,
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and food on every plate
Well I hope I get there pretty soon,
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before it gets too late
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Am Am 
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Verse 2
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Someone asked me what time it was and I,
C C 
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G G 
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told him it was now
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He asked me just what that might mean,
G G 
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but time would not allow
C C 
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So I gave away my watch to
a passing businessman
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Well I hope he understands it now,
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G G 
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Am Am 
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'cause I've done the best I can
It was getting early,
G G 
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so I rushed away from there
With that ancient earth beneath my feet
C C 
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And new dust in my hair
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Verse 3
Well I ran on down the road a while,
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to the other side of town
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My clothes were gettin' wrinkled,
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and my socks were fallin' down
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But I could not stop to pull them up,
for fear that I'd be late
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So I kept on runnin' down the
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G G 
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road until I saw the gate
Am Am 
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Of the Early Bird Cafe,
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glowin' golden like the sun
Everybody kept on singing, saying
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G G 
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"Come on in, we've just begun!

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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So I went right in, and I set right down,
C C 
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G G 
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and I  ordered up some wine
C C 
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The talk was fast and clever,
G G 
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and the women all were fine
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Charlotte asked me where I'd
been with her jade and ivory eyes
G G 
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I  told her I'd been hung up,
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with some begger in disguise
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Well she laughed like temple bells
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Kissed me on  the cheek
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and said
"You know it's hard to
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be alive sometimes
But it's easy

Outro 1

To be dead!"

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