John philip griffith chords by
Nanci Griffith

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
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Am Am 
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C C 
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F F 
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Gsus4 Gsus4 
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He was a simple
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man only to       a stranger.
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F F 
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And the kindness in his eyes
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Gsus4 Gsus4 
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I  still remem    ber.
Now that he is old,
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They say he's angry    and he's cold,
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That his soul is dying.
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Verse 2
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C C 
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He's a wealthy man's dream,
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And he's a working
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man's dime.
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He has stood in both men's shoes
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In his own damn time.
The hard times of the thirties
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Still linger in his mind
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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C C 
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When he is lonely.
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Em Em 
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Am Am 
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C C 
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He's out there in the cold,
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Twenty years away from home.
Does he dream about his old home
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In San Antone?
He's often watched the highways,
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But he's a man of sixty- five.
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Where ain't a soul in El Paso
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Who would give an old drunk a ride.

Verse 3
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Now, he traded in his
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draftsman's pen
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For a fishing pole.
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And his mansion on the hill
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Is an alley in El Paso.
The anchors of the fifties
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Still hold to broken dreams
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C C 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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When his sorrows grow.
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Interlude 1

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Verse 4
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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He's out there in  the cold,
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Twenty years away from home.
Does he dream about his old home
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Dm Dm 
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In San Antone?
He's often watched the highways,
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F F 
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But he's a man of sixty- five.
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There ain't a soul in El Paso
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G G 
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Who would give an old drunk a ride.

Verse 5
C C 
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Now, they tell me that John Philip
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Loved to gamble in his day.
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C C 
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And he burned his bridges well
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When he walked away.
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He closed those corporate doors,
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Left his children and his home
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Now no one owns  him.