I Can't Change My Name chords by Dave Dobbyn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I'm going
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a little piece of music.
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I'm going to a
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It wasn't a milestone for you, baby
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It wasn't a millstone
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round your neck
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Wasn't a look across a crowded room,
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wasn't a handshake or a kiss,
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just this gentle, gentle way to change.
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I can't change my name.
I've been out,
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I've been out in the desert too long
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The cold out there has become part of me
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I can't change my name
I've been out, I've been out in
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the long grass and the wind
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And I'm kinda getting
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used to the wilderness
I can't change it
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Em 
Change the locks on the doors
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Bm 
While you're at it, go,
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go out and get your fortune told again
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Chains  and locks on the doors
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While you're at it, go,
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go out and change your circle of friends
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I can't change my name
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It wasn't like we'd been shot at, baby
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It wasn't an earthquake
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or a death
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It wasn't the flood that ruined everything
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It wasn't the reaper with
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the wrong address
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Just a snake's hiss channeled,
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channeled with a chain
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I can't change my name
I've been out,
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I've been out in the desert
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I've been out in the long
grass and the wind
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And I'm tryin' to get used to buildin' this
I can't change it
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Em 
Change the locks on the doors
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while you're at it
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Go, go out, change your circle of friends
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Change the locks on the doors
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while you're at it
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Go, maybe change your diet of drugs
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I can't change my name
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I can't change my name
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I can't change my name
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I can't change my name, no -no
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I  can't change my name, no
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I can't change my name
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I can't change it
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