Michael's Song chords by Chip Taylor

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Verse 1
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Sometimes he'd see
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me on the corner,
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and he'd walk four blocks
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just to shake my hand.
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You see, boy, I love it
when you give me them 20s,
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and  I would preach to him again,
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and sometimes he'd
be laying on the sidewalk.
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And I'd cross the street early
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and hope he didn't see.
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Friends say I shouldn't feel so guilty.
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They say you did the best you could,
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just let it be.
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But I don't know about that,
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I don't know about that
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I wish I felt like standing tall
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But I don't know about that
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I'm just sad about that
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And I could use a place to fall
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The last time I saw him,
he was holding his pants
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up with one hand,
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with the look of death on his face.
I should have looked him in the eye
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and said, I love you Michael,
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but a ten dollar bill
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And I remember the last thing that he told me,
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he said, would you say a prayer for me?
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Friends say I shouldn't feel so guilty
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But I don't know about that
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I don't know about that
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I wish I felt like standing tall
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But I don't know about that
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I'm just sad about that
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And I could use a place to fall