Key: E major
Verse 1
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Texas sun, a cowboy kid with a pellet gun,
I had an old dog, a
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school one day
Well, that old dog was my best friend
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Well, I'd go fishin', he'd go for a swim
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Well, he drowned one
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day down by the dam
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Maybe that's why when I'm with you
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You tell me and we'll both understand
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Maybe that's why I'm the way I am
When I was 13 we were fighting a war
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Just like my dad's generation before
Lost two of my cousins in
Vietnam
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Maybe that's why I'm the way I am
Well, five years later I fell for a girl
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With olive skin and crazy curls
The day of our wedding she left town
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why I'm the way I am
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Maybe that's why when I'm with you, my
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wall goes up but you can't break through.
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Maybe that's why I never get too close to the
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things in the world that I love the most.
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both understand.
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Maybe that's why I'm the way I am.
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Maybe that's why when I'm with you,
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my wall goes up but you can't break through.
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Maybe that's why I never get too close to the
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things in the world that I love the most.
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both understand.
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the way I am.
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Maybe that's why I'm the way I am.
You tell me and we'll both understand.
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And maybe that's why I'm the way I am.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B
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