The Great Compromise chords by
Ethan Daniel Davidson
Ethan Daniel Davidson
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Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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I knew a girl who was almost a lady.
Eb
Eb

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She had a way with all
Gm
Gm

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Bb
Bb

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the men in her life.
F
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Every inch of her blossoming beauty.
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She was born on the 4th of July.
She lived in an aluminum house trailer
Gm
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Eb
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Gm
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And she worked in a jukebox saloon
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F
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And she spent all the
money that I give her
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Bb
Bb

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Just to see the old man in me
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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Gm
Gm

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Bb
Bb

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And awake in the dawn's early light
Gm
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Eb
Eb

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But much to my surprise,
Gm
Gm

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Bb
Bb

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when I opened my eyes,
F
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I was a victim of the Great Compromise.
We used to go out on Saturday evenings,
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to the drive -in on Route 41.
F
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And it was there that I first suspected
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She was doin' what she'd already done
She said, Danny,
won't you buy me some popcorn?
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And she knew I had to walk pretty far
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F
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And as soon as I passed
through the moonlight
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She hopped into a foreign sports car
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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Eb

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And awake in the dawn's early light
Bb
Bb

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Eb
Eb

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But much to my surprise
Bb
Bb

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when I opened my eyes
F
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I was the victim of a great
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compromise
Now you know,
I could have beat up that fella,
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but it was her that had hopped
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into his car.
F
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So many times I fought to protect her,
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but this time she was just
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going too far.
There are some folks who
call me a coward
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Because I left her at the drive
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-in that night
F
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But I'd rather have names thrown at me
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Than to fight for a thing that ain't right
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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And awake in the dawn's early light
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Eb
Eb

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But much to my surprise,
Gm
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Bb
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when I opened my eyes,
F
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Bb
Bb

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I was a victim of the Great Compromise.
Now she writes all the fellas love letters,
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saying, Greetings,
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come and see me real soon.
F
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They all line up in the bar room,
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and spend the night in that sick
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woman's room.
Sometimes I get awful lonesome,
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and I wish she were my girl instead.
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F
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She won't let me live with her,
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Bb
Bb

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she just makes me live in my head.
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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Bb
Bb

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And awake in the dawn's early light
Eb
Eb

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But much to my surprise
Bb
Bb

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when I opened my eyes
F
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I was a victim of the Great Comprom
Eb
Eb

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Gm
Gm

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Bb
Bb

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Csus4
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Bb
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