Key: D major•
Verse 1
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He was twenty-one years years old,
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He loved to write a song and
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And he came to hang a gold
Verse 2
But you'll know which town I mean
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by the time I'm through
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He soon became a famous entertainer
But Leonard was a name
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Verse 3
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Just about as close as one could be
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Hey, once he even followed Elvis Presley
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Verse 4
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But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus
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For years he chose to let his music go
really meant for Leonard
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But how in the hell was Le
onard s'posed to know
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Verse 5
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carried such a load
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his luck in music
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And lost his wife and fam
ily on the road
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Verse 6
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After that he seemed to bog
And I saw what booze and pill
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s could really do
But I forgot about a friend
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Verse 7
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Well, Leonard gave me lots of inspiration
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write a country song
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a bag of groceries
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Hey, back before
Muskogee came along
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Verse 8
Or the town in which this
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Verse 9
in the band
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[Chorus]
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A G Bm
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