Soft Lights And Hard Country Music chords by Watermelon Slim

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Verse 1
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We're going to go back and
do a medley of a few songs
that we've recorded since 1973.
See if you remember a few of
We're to start off with one called Soft
Lights and Horton Country Music
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and then we're do a couple more.
Well it really tears me up
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when I hear a hurtin' song
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And I'm someone who likes
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a good cold beer
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Baby's gone and after
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hurting all day long
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My heart feels the need to come in here
cause I need soft lights in
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hard country music
those cheating songs
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assure me that early them's real cause
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I need soft lights in hard country music
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steel guitar in a dim lit bar
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knows exactly how I feel
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if you remember this one today
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the midnight owl's all over someone
And those forbidden places
aren't forbidden anymore
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If my  back door could talk,
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it would tell me
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That my borrowed angel's
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been this far before
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I just threw my last bottle at the jukebox
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When I heard that woman
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singing Darlin',
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let's go all the way
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I just found out my woman is a devil
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I just started hatin',
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cheatin' songs today
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Then we recorded this song here
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I get honky tonk amnesia
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And I  forget where all my love belongs
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I get honky tonk amnesia
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And  sometimes it lasts all night
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long
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I guess I've walked ten miles
Lookin' for that lovin' smile
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That I could never like
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Just because she flirts with others
That don't mean that
she would ever miss
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This morning flight Ž
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Now that big jet plane is leavin' Ž
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But my heart keeps on  believin'
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that she's still a girl
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Ž Ž
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And she's somewhere
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lost and all alone
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Ž the biggest airport in the world
Ž Ž Ž
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Don't anyone make love
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at home anymore Ž
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Does everyone possess a
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gun to cheat?
Don't anyone make love
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at home anymore?
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Has everyone become a
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fool like me?
You've known so long
that you were wrong
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Still you had your way
You told her lies and alibis
And hurt her more each day
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But now your conscience
bothers you
You've reached your
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journey's end
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You're askin' me for sympathy
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I'm sorry for you, my friend
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Well, the tempo's up
The lights are low
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And I'm a gettin' down
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That woman that I met
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in here last night
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She's hurting like a hound
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and we don't give a damn
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So play that country music
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and keep it tight
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We need soft lights
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in our country music.
Those cheatin' songs
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assure me
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that they're leavin' to me.
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We need soft lights
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in our country music.
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A steel guitar and a dim lit bar
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Knows exactly how I feel
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