The Mighty Joe Rollino Died Today chords by Graeme Connors

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The Mighty Jor -Elino
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The died today
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Once the world's strongest man
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run down by a minivan
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Just this side of his 105th birthday
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A life reduced to 90 lines
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On page 14 of
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the New York Times
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The mighty Joe Rolino died today
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The path he chose at ten years old
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A Coney Island strongman show
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came to an end
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at Bay Ridge Parkway
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On his routine five -mile walk
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when most his age can barely   talk
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He trained his body and his mind
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holding back the hands of time
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And I figured he would say
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he had a win
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Cause it was only chance
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that got      Joe in the en
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The mighty Joe Rolino died today
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Leaving his amazing feats
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Coins he bent between his teeth
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Winter swimming out in Lower Bay
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No meat, no cigarettes, no booze
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Three purple hearts from World War II
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He trained his body and his mind
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Holding back the hands of time
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And I figure, in his way,
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he had a win
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Because it was chance, not time,
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that got Joe in the end.
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It was chance, not time,
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that got Joe in the end.
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