Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

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Verse 1
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Travelin' down
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a lonely highway
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I knew not where the road would end
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Not a penny in my pocket
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All a lone without a friend
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In a little country village
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I met a man and he was blind
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As I helped him cross the high- way
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Oh! lord I cried thy burdens
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are greater than mine.
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I can see

Verse 2

the light of day

I need not feel my way

Yes, thy burdens are greater than mine.

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Verse 3
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Met a lad while on my travels
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Tryin' hard to play the game
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Though his leg was very crippled
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And he could not speak his name
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Yet, he smiled in understandin'
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Though life to him had been unkind
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And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
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Oh! lord his burdens
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are greater than mine.
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I can speak my

Verse 4

name aloud

Make my way among the crowd

Yes, his burdens are greater than mine.

Verse 5
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Just by chance I passed a graveyard
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I saw a young man kneelin' there
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In his hand, there were some roses
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On his lips, there was a prayer
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On a stone, these words
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were written
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"Your soul is god's,
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your mem'ry mine"
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And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
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Oh! lord I see his burdens
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are greater than mine.