Key: Bb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I remember when I
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was snowed in and up at old Shire town.
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I'm sure the next tour take me
right back through that town.
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Snow was up to your shoulders man
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and that ain't no lie.
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Chicago wasn't so cold,
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it would make a polar bear cry.
Verse 2
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Now when you hear the people talk
about their bird called the hawk
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Now I'm gonna tell ya somethin' that'll make you,
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let out a squawk
Verse 3
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Now where I live the weather
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's mostly warm.
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We don't have to worry about
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no snow or if we have a storm.
But Shire town sits on
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the shores of a lake,
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and when that hawk flaps his wings
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it make you shiver an ' shake.
Verse 4
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Now when you hear the people talk
about their bird called the hawk
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Man, I'm tellin' ya one thing, they just let out a squawk
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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But man, you should a been there in the
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winter of '78.
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You couldn't catch a cab
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down on State and Lake.
Now, you know that's bad 'cause,
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that's right in the heart of town.
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And it was so bad the mayor had
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to close the whole town down.
Verse 6
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Now when you hear the people talk about
their bird called the hawk
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Oh man, I tell you, tell you, let out a squawk
Outro 1
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