Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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bright lights calling
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B
Many years ago
You never came back crawling
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B
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How you hung in there I don't know
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Bm
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A
You're at home in the big town
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E
A
You got it all figured out
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Bm
A
Back home they can't believe it
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E
They don't know what you're
Interlude 1
about
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E
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B
Verse 2
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A
Your sister loves jesus
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E
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She drives an oldsmobile
Verse 3
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G
lost soul
Verse 4
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Your brother was a doctor
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pen
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Medicare fraud
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E
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They say he's doing it again
Verse 5
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Your mother's doing all right
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A
She owns a quick- stop store
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Bm
B
A
She used to call every Sunday
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E
But she doesn't anymore
Verse 6
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E
And she prays for your poor lost soul
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And she prays for your poor lost soul
Interlude 2
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Sometimes
Verse 7
you got to wonder
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How it all would've been
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And you wonder if you had to
Verse 8
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E
It's just like the good old days
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B
Fighting with your mom
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Fighting with your sister
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B
Your brother had sense
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So he stayed away
Verse 9
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in the big town
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You got it all figured out
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Bm
And isn't it a comfort
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knowing
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Without a doubt
Verse 10
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An d she prays for
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And she prays for your
Outro 1
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E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B Bm G
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