Oh Abraham chords by John Gorka, Michael Manring, Ani DiFranco, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Dworsky, Gordon Johnson, Andy Stochansky and Dirk Freymuth
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I see a penny and I pick it up
If not the money
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I could use the luck
And if it's face down
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I turn it over
Head for Wood Avenue
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Between Inman and New Dover
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Back in my home town
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Gas is cheaper where I'm from
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But the driving's not
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so good
People go and stay where
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they should not
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And they don't do it like I would
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Verse 3
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Work is not the same as before
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More soft wear hands in the hard
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ware store
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Oh Abraham look at all the money now
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Oh Abraham good night
It's your party but
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I'll cry if I want to
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I wouldn't care how much they have
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If they would only do what's right
Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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I was born by a Kerouac stream
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Under Eisenhower skies
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They saw freedom as a big idea
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Now it was right before my eyes
Verse 6
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They said Jack helped to build the Pentagon
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And Ike built this interstate that we
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are off and on
Interlude 4
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Verse 7
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Oh Abraham was it all
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about the money then
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Oh Abraham good night
It's your party but
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I'll cry if I want to
All moneyed up and charmed with might
So we are right,
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we're always right
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Verse 8
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We're right, they're wrong
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Let them get their own song
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Let them get their own song
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I see a penny and
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I pick it up
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99 more and I have a buck
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Abe you were born in old Kentuck'
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But we still miss you here
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Oh Abraham
John Gorka, Michael Manring, Ani DiFranco, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Richard Dworsky, Gordon Johnson, Andy Stochansky and Dirk Freymuth
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