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  • Verse 1
    Jerry 
    Jeff Walker 


    In a 
    boarding 
    house, 
    I'd 
    lay 
    up
    stairs, 

    And 
    dream 
    of 
    how 
    I'd 
    live 

    someday 

    Downstairs 
    there 
    sat, 
    man 
    who 
    had 

    gui
    tar 
    he 
    never 
    learned 
    to 
    play 

    Verse 2
    For 
    my 
    thirteenth 
    birthday, 

    grandma 
    bought 
    the 
    guitar 

    Told 
    me 
    should learn 
    how 
    to play 

    And the 
    gift she 
    gave 
    me 

    changed 
    me 

    'Cause the 
    music 
    is 
    the main 
    thing, 

    That got 
    me to 
    this 
    point 

    here 
    today 

    Chorus: 
    And I 
    was 
    lucky, 
    'cause 
    Verse 3

    used 
    her 
    gift 

    To 
    get 
    in 
    touch 
    with 
    how 
    to live 

    And 
    looking 
    back 
    now 
    real
    ize, 

    music 
    changed 
    my 
    life 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 4
    Just 
    out 
    of school, 
    had 
    no 
    clue 

    Of 
    what 
    it 
    was 
    I'd 
    like 
    to do 

    only 
    know, 
    the 
    open 
    road 

    Was 
    the way 
    chose 
    to 
    pass 
    on 
    through 

    Verse 5
    took 
    that 
    guitar 
    with 
    me, 

    down 
    the lonesome 
    highway 

    And 
    began 
    my 
    search 

    for 
    a song 

    And some
    where 
    in the 
    distance, 

    the music 
    and 
    the mystery 

    Of 
    how 
    would 
    live 
    come 
    along 

    Verse 6
    Chorus 
    (Last line 
    different) 

    That 

    music 
    saved 
    my 
    life, 

    music 
    be
    came 
    my 
    life 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 7
    As 
    time 
    went 
    by, 
    found 
    that I 

    Could climb 
    up 
    on 
    the stage 
    and 
    sing 

    But 
    when I 
    sang, 
    the songs 
    wro
    te 

    It 
    be
    came 
    very 
    spe
    cial 
    thing 

    Verse 8
    But songs 
    to me 
    were personal 

    And the 
    business 
    side 
    just 
    killed 
    me 

    And 
    withdrew 
    in
    side 
    my 
    shell 

    With the 
    con
    tracts 
    and the 
    lawsuits 

    I started 
    heavy 
    drinking, 

    'Til 
    finally 
    lost 
    touch 
    with 
    myself 

    Interlude 3



    Bridge: 
    I guess 
    playing 
    Verse 9

    music 
    for 

    money 
    brought 
    problems 

    That I 
    didn't 
    face 
    very 
    well 

    Being 
    self- 
    taught 
    gave 
    me 

    noth
    ing 
    to 
    lean 
    on 

    had 
    to 
    look 
    in 
    myself 

    Verse 10
    took a 
    year 
    off 

    and 
    did some 
    fast
    ing 

    Just 
    to clean 
    the cobwebs 
    out 

    And I 
    went 
    back 
    to 
    Grandma's 
    guitar 

    Just 
    to 
    hear 
    a sim
    ple 
    sound 

    Verse 11
    When 
    look 
    around 
    me, 

    I saw 
    my 
    loving 
    family 

    And 
    home 
    we 
    had 
    built 
    on 
    hill 

    I dis
    covered 
    the music 
    had 
    led 

    me to 
    the one 
    place 

    Where my 
    heart 
    and 
    soul 
    are 
    re- 
    filled 

    Interlude 4


    Chor
    us: 
    Music 
    saved 
    Verse 12

    my 
    life, 
    yeah, 

    music 
    really 
    saved 
    my 
    life 


    Yes, 
    music 
    really 
    saved 
    my 
    life 

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