Key: G major
Verse 1
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I keep my
fist raised
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up full time against the world
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Sometimes with the family an
d sometimes with a girl
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Yeah, you think I've learned my lesson,
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I'm a man who's been around
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But I could nev er keep that
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middle finger down
Well, I'm still hanging on and I
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think God takes care of fools
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I broke a lotta hearts and
I broke a lotta rules
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Yet somehow I survived with
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a bit of dummy luck
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But I could nev er keep that
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finger from sticking up
Verse 2
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I could never keep, I could never keep
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I could never keep my life from
burning to the ground
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You'd think I learned my lesson,
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I'm a man who's been around
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But I could never keep that middle
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finger down
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Verse 3
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I'm a grudge-holding jerk jerk
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who starts feuds with a wink
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A sharp-tongued SOB SOB who
speaks before he thinks
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I've learned from my losses and
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I know when I'm wrong
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Still, my life's sadder than
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an old country song
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I
Verse 4
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could never keep, I could never keep
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I could never keep my life from
burning to the ground
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You'd think I learned my lesson,
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I'm a man who's been around
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But I could never keep that middle finger down
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Interlude 1
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So if you
Verse 5
looked at my life,
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if you took a little peek
You'd say, "Good Lord, let it go,
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man, just turn the other cheek"
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I don't know how to let it go,
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I just don't know how to behave
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I was born with this affliction
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and I'll take it to the grave
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I
Verse 6
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could never keep, I could never keep
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I could never keep my life from
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burning to the ground
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You'd think I learned my lesson,
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I'm a man who's been around
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But I could never keep
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that middle finger down
I could never keep (no), I
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could never keep (no)
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I could never keep my life from
burning to the ground
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You'd think I learned my lesson,
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I'm a man who's been around
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But I could never keep that middle
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finger down
Outro 1
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