Homeless chords by Nashville Session Players

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Born a long time ago
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in a hole outside the inn
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Strung up on a cross,
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you know he didn't give a damn
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Now he lives out in the city,
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on the Lower East Side
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Sleeps in the parking alley,
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any place he can hide
His cold stomach's empty
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and his teeth are rotten out
His face is full of sorrow,
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you know his heart is full of doubt
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His clothes are old and torn,
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and his eyes  are dull with pain
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But he's not half as dirty
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as your heart's a blinded stain
Sunday morning you carry Bibles
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Fill your pews with well -fared souls
Dash your windows up in stained glass
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And drop bread in your silver bowls
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You sing peace on earth,
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but you support men of war
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Vote for those who help the rich,
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and screw the sick and poor
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Vote for you to vote for spacious skies,
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for amber waves of grain
Your poor and wretched millions
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have become an open shade
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Beneath your gilded street bowl
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where they beg for crusts of bread
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Cry old women and helpless children
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with no place to lay their heads
Listen up America,
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better listen up real good
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Try and understand the reason why,
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why the nails went in the wood
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Reach out a hand to help the poor,
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reach out a hand to help the sick
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Some father's looking on
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and they say he carries a
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mighty stick
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Ooh, ooh, yeah
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Oh, you tend to care about the unborn
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All of your self -righteous fears
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But guess who's coming soon,
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that Greek God, man is he
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One long time ago,
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in a hole outside the inn
Strung up on a cross,
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you know he didn't give a damn
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Now he lives out in the city,
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on the Lower East Side
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Sleeps in the parking alley,
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any place he can hide
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You know once I  don't
learn the hard way
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Ain't no place that we can hide
Listen up America
Listen up America
Better listen up America
Listen up America
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Better listen up America you