Key: C major•
Verse 1
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Am
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G
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He drove a
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Those dusty roads were hell on the shine
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F
he'd be down at the creek
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And I'd help him wash it sometimes
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He had a gold tooth and a gold watch
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And a gold chain that hung on his chest
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Well, he drank a little and he gambled a lot
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G
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He was a wild one I guess,
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C
but everybody needs a hero
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Savannah Slim was mine,
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Am
Down in South Georgia,
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Am
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heroes are hard to find
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Lord, how he loved country music
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G
At a roadhouse one night,
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he was caught on the bind
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Somebody pushed him too far
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So he served a little time in prison
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But he served for long years in the war
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Two hearts and blue on his arm
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But everybody needs a hero
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When you're ten years old
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Down in South Georgia
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Heroes are hard to find
Now Mama says I turned out just like him
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She worries and prays that I'll change
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Well, I didn't know till a few days ago
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Why he sent me his gold -watching chain
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But everybody needs a hero
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Savannah Slim was mine
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Am
down in South Georgia
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G
He was a hard to find
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC F Am G
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