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T.J.'s Last Ride chords by Roger Miller

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Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Saturday in the town,

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as we buried T.J Brown

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Verse 2

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Good man, spent his life

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on the K Roll ferry line

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Verse 3

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He was just a man,

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nothing grand, just a man

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But I never heard him treat

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no- one unkind

Verse 5

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 6

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Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes

Verse 7

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 8

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Let him down slow,

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it's old T.J's last ride

Verse 9

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He feried model A's to

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the Cape Cherado shore

Verse 10

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Way before my poppa ever had a son

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Verse 11

When I was eight or nine I would

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sit by his back porch

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And he would tell me stories

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from back in World War one

Verse 13

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 14

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Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes

Verse 15

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 16

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Let him down slow,

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it's old T.J's last ride

Interlude 1

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Verse 17

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T,J's wife passed on,

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it was back in '61

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Seems like yesterday,

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my my how time does fly

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Still I would drop by and

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we'd sit and reminisce

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And I'd stare across the river

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so as not to wath him cry

Verse 21

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 22

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Let him down slow, while I dry my eyes

Verse 23

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 24

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Let him down slow,

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it's old T.J's last ride

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Well now here we standwith our

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memories and prayers

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Mourning and crying down

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to the youngest child

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And all that's gathered here

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will remember T.J Brown

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He will miss his river and we'll

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miss his old smile

Verse 29

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 30

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Let him down slow,

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while I dry my eyes

Verse 31

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Let him down slow, in the ground slow

Verse 32

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Let him down slow,

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it's old T.J's last ride

Verse 33

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So let him down slow

Outro 1

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