Florence John chords by Thom Chacon

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She was born in a steel town
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Beneath an iron sky was
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the cold hard ground
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Where she would walk to the factory
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With worn out shoes and
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a wooden rosary
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Florence John was on her own
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Feeding four kids in an old drafty home
She never gave up and hardly complained
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And taught us all a few simple things
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Like work real hard,
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see the job through
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Not what you say is what you do
Hold your head high, be unashamed
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Of who you are,
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and be proud of your name
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Now we've got a kid of our own
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Try to bring him up  knowing
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right from wrong
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And all the trouble this life can bring
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I want them to know just what it means
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to work real hard,
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see the job through,
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not what you say,
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it's what you do, hold your
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Spread high, be unashamed
Of who you are
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and be proud of your name
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