Present Company chords by Janis Ian

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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C 
 (G major) Used to drive a pipeline  (C major) 
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C 
 (G major) From here to Blind Man's  (C major) Bend
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Em 
 (G major) Tried and ride the main  (E minor) line
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Am 
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 (D major) I went  (A minor) there with my  (D major) friends
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D 
I  (A major) like to be  (D major) together
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D 
I  (A major) like to be alone  (D major) 
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Yes, and  (A major) what I like best
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F#m 
 (D flat minor) Is    I like  (F sharp minor) it like this
Bm 
E 
A 
And I stay  (B minor) with  (E major) you at home  (A major) 
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D 
En (G major) joy the present com (D major) pany
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E 
 (A major) Eat some grits and hominy  (E major) 
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D 
Could (G major) n't get much bet (D major) ter for me
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E 
D 
 (A major) I  enoy your company...  (E major)  (D major) ooo...
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D 
 (A major) Used to drive an ocean  (D major) liner
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Sunk  (A major) in  (D major)  (A major) '52
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Bm 
Off the coast of  (F sharp minor)  (A major) Indochin (B minor) a
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E 
Yes, I sunk there,  (D major) too  (E major) 
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D 
 (A major) Frost on the jewel glass  (D major) windows here
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D 
Is  (A major) ringing in the dawn,  (D major) my dear
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E 
F#m 
Spring  (A major) is  (E major) busting out  (F sharp minor) of my ears
Bm 
E 
A 
I  (B minor) wish that I  (E major) was home  (A major) 
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D 
En (G major) joy the present com (D major) pany
A 
E 
 (A major) Eat some grits and hom (E major) iny
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D 
Couldn't  (G major) get much bet (D major) ter for me
A 
E 
D 
 (A major) I  enoy the company...  (E major)  (D major) ooo...
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D 
 (A major) You can wave a ban (D major) ner
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D 
I don't  (A major) mind if you do  (D major) 
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E 
I'm running  (A major) back to Louisiana  (E major) 
F#m 
A 
Bm 
 (F sharp minor) I'm  (A major) gonna  (B minor) drink that
D 
E 
mountain  (D major) dew  (E major) 
Am 
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D 
 (A minor) Used to be  (A major) a  loner  (D major) 
Am 
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D 
And I'd  (A minor) run the high (A major) way tolls  (D major) 
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E 
F#m 
 (A major) What I run  (E major) now is I'm run (F sharp minor) ning anyhow
Bm 
E 
A 
And I stay  (B minor) with  (E major) you at  (A major) home
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D 
So joy  (G major) to the present com (D major) pany
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E 
Joy  (A major) to the grits and hom (E major) iny
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D 
And a joy  (G major) to getting bet (D major) ter for me
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E 
D 
 (A major) I  enjoy the company  (E major)  (D major) - ooo