Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
Verse 1
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C
down on Music City Row
I was lookin' for a place to get my
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F
self out of the cold
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Am
that was eatin' at my soul
off my guitar
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Verse 2
C
My thirsty wanted whiskey and
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C
my hunger needed beans
But I guess it'd been a month of payday
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F
since I heard that eagle scream
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C
So with a stomach full of empty
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I left my pride and stepped
Verse 3
Am
Actually I guess you'd call it
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Dm
a tavern
I saw that there was just an
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C
old man sittin' at the bar
In the mirror I could see him checkin'
Verse 4
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G
C
Am
He said come up here boy show us what you
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C
are I said I'm dry he bought me a beer
G
And he said you ain't makin' any money are you
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G
I said you been readin' my mail
Verse 5
F
G
C
then he laid it on me
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C
If you waste your time a talkin' to
Verse 6
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C
who do you thinks gonna care
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C
the world turned deaf and blind
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C
Who were crucified for what
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C
by the swirling winds of time
Verse 7
C
G
And the truth remains that no
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C
No one stood behind me but
Verse 8
C
F
C
You see the devil haunts a hungry man
And if you don't want to join him well
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C
but I drink his beer for nothin'
Am
Verse 9
F
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C
And then I stole his song
You can still hear me singin' to
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F
And I guess I'll die explaining how the thing
s that they complain about
Verse 10
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C
hopin' someone's gonna care
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C
bound to die the same
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G
But I've got to feed this hunger in my soul
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F
If I never have a nickel I won't
Outro 1
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Am
F
G
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