Key: F major
Verse 1
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D
Well, my pa was always in gloom
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D
And his hat was made of raccoon
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A
He was drunk in the afternoon
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Nearly every day
Verse 2
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D
And his mind was like a trap
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D
Where he kept a hand- drawn map
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How to get to the Arkansas flats
Verse 3
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F#m
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And the holy men always say
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D
We'll meet again someday
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D
In that city beyond the stars
In a golden cafe
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Verse 4
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Oh, my ma, she loved him so
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D
And she'd make him a cup of Joe
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D
And he'd drink it like an Eskimo
Verse 5
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And she'd bake him a mincemeat pie
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D
And he'd drink when his mouth was dry
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D
And he died on the Fourth of July
Verse 6
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F#m
F#
And the holy men always say
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D
We'll meet again someday
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D
In that city beyond the stars
Interlude 1
In a golden cafe
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D
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Verse 7
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Oh, I was an Eagle Scout
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With a trumpet, I'd stomp and shout
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And I'd sing of the Arkansas trout
Verse 8
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D
But now I'm always in gloom
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D
And my hat is made of raccoon
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D
And I'm drunk in the afternoon
Verse 9
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F#m
And the holy men always say
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D
(yeah, they say)
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D
We'll meet again someday
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D
In that city beyond the stars
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ChordsD A G F#m F#
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