Lilies Of The Field chords by Gretchen Peters
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Billy had a yearning and an ache inside
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So he got himself a Harley and
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he learned to ride
Purred just like a baby low
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and sweet and true
And he aimed it at the place where
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the blacktop turns to blue
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Verse 2
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Penny was a waitress down in Tupelo
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They said that she was trouble,
I don't really know
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But something in her spirit touched
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something in his soul
And he took her to his heart
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and he never let her go
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She said if i had an ounce of courage
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I would leave this town
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Life'll get you nowhere til
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they put you in the ground
Verse 3
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But the lilies of the field
they neither reap nor sow
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I wanna buy me a Winnebago
and a map of Mexico
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Go rollin down the highway where
life's secrets are revealed
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Dancin' in the wind like
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the lilies of the field
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Verse 4
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Penny had a secret growin' deep inside
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And she'd never known a man
to love another's child
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Somewhere west of Tucson
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she just ran out of time
So she made a quick decision and
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she made him walk the line
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She said if you had an ounce of courage,
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You would take a stand
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Don't nobody argue with a pistol
Interlude 1
in your hand
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Verse 5
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Billy pleaded guilty ninety- nine to life
Penny disappeared into
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the desert night
Then she took his pistol out
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on Highway 2
And she aimed it at the place where
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the blacktop turns to blue
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She said if you had an ounce of courage,
Bm
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You would leave this town
A
Life'll get you nowhere til they put you
Outro 1
in the ground
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Lilies Of The Field
Gretchen Peters
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