Key: Db major•
Verse 1
Db
Ab
In the year 43 mamma
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Gb
fin ished feeding me
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Ab
And quickly rushed off to her job
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Ab
At War thin’s bag mill
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Ab
But at fourth and Monroe Street
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Ab
And mamma gave up the breath of life
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Db
Daddy was
Verse 2
Gb
Db
So, my older sister Nell
Verse 3
Ab
Db
That some folks call the trash mill
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Db
Offered help, she smiled at me
Verse 4
Db
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Verse 5
D
A
As a baby I went to school
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G
Perched up high on a tavern stool
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A
Listening to the songs on the jukebox
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A
At the trash mill
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A
And the hurtin in those sad old songs
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G
Settle down in a poor boy’s bones
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A
And I vowed I someday sing
Verse 6
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D
Like a true- blue southern bell
Bought me a second handed guitar
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D
From the Nashville goodwill
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D
When I touched those shiny strings
Verse 7
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Eb
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Verse 8
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Bb
There’s a chill down in my bones
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Ab
As it’s my time to go home
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Bb
And I’m sure the good Lord knows
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Just how I feel
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Though the calling near a star
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Ab
I can’tforget about my first guitar
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And the woman who helped me make it big
Verse 9
Ab
Eb
Like a true- blue southern bell
Bought me a second handed guitar
Bb
Eb
From the Nashville goodwill
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Bb
Heaven would smile and bells would ring
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Eb
When I touched those shiny strings
Verse 10
Eb
Bb
And I was the richest poor boy
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