Thirty-Nine and Holding chords by Jerry Lee Lewis
Verse 1
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He's out there
somewhere every night
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Where the music's playing loud
Doing all the 50's steps,
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in a 1980 crowd
Verse 2
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The dim lights hide his millage lines
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The Clairol hides the gray
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And he won't mention anything
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That gives his age away
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Verse 3
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Lord, he's thirty-nine and and holding
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Holding everything he can
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From seventeen to twenty-five
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He'll He'll prove he's still a man
Verse 4
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He's holding to a candle
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And it's burning at both ends
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He's thirty-nine and and holding
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Holding everything he can
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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You can bet he'll never see
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Thirty-nine again
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again
He should have turned loose long ago
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But still he's hangin' it in
Verse 6
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He still thinks that he is the man
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That he used to be
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He's thirty-nine and and holding
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And acting twenty-three
Verse 7
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Lord, Lord,
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He's thirty-nine and and holding
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Holding everything he can
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From seventeen to twenty-five
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To To prove he's still a man
Verse 8
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He's holding to a candle
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My God, it's burning at both ends
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He's thirty-nine and and holding
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Holding everything he can
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Thirty-Nine and Holding
Jerry Lee Lewis
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