Key: D major
Intro 1
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D
C
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In the early morning
Verse 1
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hours
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Just before you're wide awake
Dsus4
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Before you summons all your powers
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To cover up your big mistake
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When all the coulda woulda beens
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Collide with shoulda knowns
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hillbilly sins
Verse 2
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Em
right, it's okay
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D
You'll learn to look the other way
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Em
Life is short, life is long (hey)
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Get your guitar and sing this song:G
D
Verse 3
(Octaves)
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back the covers
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Now you're ready to make your stand
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You never really ever thought that
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No you had promise in your
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hands
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And you studied truth and honor
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Oh but you did not pass the test
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Oh up in heaven you're a goner
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Seems you're as human as the rest
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Yeah, but it's all
Verse 4
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C
Em
right, it's okay
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D
You'll learn to stand some other way
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Take one last breath and fade to black
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La- da- da- da- die- die- die
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Die- die- die- die- die
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Nobody
Verse 5
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said it would be easy
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And nobody said it had to be this
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Hard
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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o'er the mountain
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and so full of wanting
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Most of which they'll never know
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But you have heard the angels singing
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Hell they're singing to you yet
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Take the gifts that they are bringing
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They may be all that you get
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Oh but it's all
Verse 7
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Em
right, it's ok
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You'll be a saint some other day
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Em
Fare thee well, adi os
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And we blame it on Hank
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Williams' ghost
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