The Absence Of Trouble chords by Jad Fair, R. Stevie Moore

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Verse 1
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Nothing and no one will
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ever bring us down.
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As a  real lookin' up,
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we own this one horse town.
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Never conflict at the base.
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And never a   trace of  a   bad photograph.
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I like this place.
I like your face.
I like the absence of trouble
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Well, I do like the ab
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sence of trouble
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Our troubles refuse to double
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Not in  this place
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Nothing and no one will burst our bubble
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I think about you of  ten
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I   think about us often
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I   think about you
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and me often
When I do, I start to grin
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Candy apples or the sparrow
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Solid gold cupid's arrow
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Click, never question
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Be solid in your follow
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Solid in your knowledge
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That this is the best way
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Solid and here we are
and here we are to stay
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solid and it was a real promise
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it was more than okay
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I like your face more
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than just all right
it had muscle it had might
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we  sat back and watched it develop
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it was a highlight both day and night
it was a real mix -up,
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we sat back up and said yup,
sat back and said yes,
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sat back and said it's lookin' up, lookin' up  , lookin' up,
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nothin' and no one will bring us down, word.
There's a real lookin' up, word.
We own this Juan Juarez town,
word up, I like your face.