Key: D major
Verse 1
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Death kept following, tracking us down,
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at least I heard your bluebird sing
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I know you're long gone
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I guess it must be up to me
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I nev er would have done it
to what others were thinking
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Someone had to reach for the rising star,
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I guess it was up to me
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I've only got me one good shirt left
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and it smells of steel perfume
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Someone's got to find your truth
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I guess it must be up to me
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The old rounder in the iron mask
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He slipped me the master key
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Somebody had to unlock your heart,
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he said, it was up to me
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Now I watched you slowly disappear,
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I would have followed you in the door,
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but I didn't have a ticket stub
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So I waited all night till the break of day,
hoping one of us could get free
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When the dawn came over the river bridge,
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I knew it was up to me
down off the wall
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You tried to protect your real identity
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She looked a little burned out my friend,
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I thought it might be up to me
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She's everything I need and love,
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but I can't be swayed by that
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And it frightens me the awful truth
of how sweet life can be
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But she ain't gonna make me move,
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I guess it must be up to me
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Now we heard a sermon on the mound,
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and I knew it was too complex
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Somebody's got to tell the tale,
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I guess it must be up to me
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Now I just can't rest without your love,
I need your company
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But you ain't gonna cross the line,
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I guess it must be up to me
been wondering about,
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We both heard voices for a while,
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Somebody's got to cry some tears,
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I guess it must be up to me
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The ringleaders from the county seat
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And the girl with me behind the shades,
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One of us got to hit the road,
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I guess it must be up to me
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And the harmonica around my neck,
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No one else could play that tune,
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you know it was up to me
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Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G F#m A
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