Key: C majorā¢
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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As he tried to tell his wife
That the job he'd had for
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years
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He'd worked hard all his life
Verse 2
That his daddy built
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Dm
And he'd ask how such a thing
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could be happening
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listening
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Verse 3
Where all the tourists go
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In this land of hopes and dreams
to mud
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Verse 4
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Dm
Sure enough, that storm took
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everything
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Verse 5
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In these days of change and
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Seems like no one's plugged into the sounds
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Am
of desperation
And they say the future's just
an extension of the past
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And history has a knack of
Interlude 1
coming back
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Verse 6
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Now the writer takes his pen
And he tries to find the words
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They often go unheard
Dm
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Weighing heavy on his heart
Verse 7
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to sing
When nobody's listening?
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Dm
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Dm
But I know why he
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has to try to sing
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somebody's listening
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G F Dm Eb...
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