The Closest Thing chords by
Daniel Lee Martin
Daniel Lee Martin
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Key: G major
Intro 1
G
G

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Verse 1
G
G

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Billy was a two -timing
son -of -a -gun,
C
C

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G
G

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whiskey breath and mighty straight teeth.
D
D

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G
G

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He had a blonde in his car
wearing his high school jacket
A
A

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with not much on underneath.
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D

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G
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Oh, and Lucy was his girlfriend,
she wasn't supposed to see him
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C

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When she did,
A
A

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she grabbed a handful of blind
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G

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Billy tried to drive away
Lucy, said not today
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C

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D
D

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G
G

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And Lucy kept hanging on
Billy married Lucy right after graduation
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C

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G

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Pretty soon, he was right at her throat
Lucy was determined
they'd spend their life together
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A

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D
D

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Even if it killed them both
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G

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Oh, and Billy in the bottle
turned it up full throttle
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C

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A

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He was gone before the baby was born
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G

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But Lucy held the baby,
everything was okay
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C

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D
D

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G
G

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Lucy kept hangin' on
D
D

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G

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Hangin' on so tight
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D

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Em
Em

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Hangin' on for life
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She loved that boy
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D

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till her last breath was gone
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D

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G
G

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Lucy kept hangin' on
But Lucy raised her little man
just the way she wanted
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C

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G

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Sunday school and Little League, too
Though Billy was completely gone
He left that extra chromosome
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A

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D

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And the boy became the Lit Van Poof
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G

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Oh, at fifteen he was running wild
At sixteen police took her child
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C

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A

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And put him in a juvenile home
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G

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His fu ture was completely dark
But mother's love with all their heart
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D

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G

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Lucy kept hanging on
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D

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Now hang on!
Interlude 1
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G

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D

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Em
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G

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A
A

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Em
Em

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A

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D

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D

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C
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D

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E

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Verse 2
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A

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years have come and gone so quick
Her boy has grown and Lucy's sick
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They say she probably won't
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A

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last a night
They've called her son
from way out west
He's racing home,
she's fading fast
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B

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They've both got things
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E

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to say to make it right
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A

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Oh, and when he finally gets there
he hopes it's not too late.
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B
B

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It sure looks like she's already gone
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But when he takes his mama's hand,
she smiles big at her little man
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E

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A

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E

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Lucy kept hanging on
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A

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E

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F#m
F#m

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D
D

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So tight
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E

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E

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A

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Till her last breath is gone
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E

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Hangin' so tight,
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E

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F#m
F#m

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hangin' on for life
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She loved that boy
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E

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A

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E

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till her last breath was gone
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E

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A

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Lucy kept hangin' on,
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E

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A

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Lucy kept hangin' on
D
D

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D
D

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Lucy kept hangin' on
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