Tonart: Bb major
Verse 1
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I knew a girl who was almost a lady.
Eb
She had a way with all
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the men in her life.
F
Every inch of her blossoming beauty.
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Bb
She was born on the 4th of July.
She lived in an aluminum house trailer
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Eb
Gm
And she worked in a jukebox saloon
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F
And she spent all the
money that I give her
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Bb
Just to see the old man in me
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
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Gm
Bb
And awake in the dawn's early light
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Eb
But much to my surprise,
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Bb
when I opened my eyes,
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I was a victim of the Great Compromise.
We used to go out on Saturday evenings,
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to the drive -in on Route 41.
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And it was there that I first suspected
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Bb
She was doin' what she'd already done
She said, Danny,
won't you buy me some popcorn?
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And she knew I had to walk pretty far
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F
And as soon as I passed
through the moonlight
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Bb
She hopped into a foreign sports car
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
Eb
And awake in the dawn's early light
Bb
Eb
But much to my surprise
Bb
when I opened my eyes
F
I was the victim of a great
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compromise
Now you know,
I could have beat up that fella,
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but it was her that had hopped
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So many times I fought to protect her,
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but this time she was just
There are some folks who
call me a coward
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Because I left her at the drive
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-in that night
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But I'd rather have names thrown at me
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Bb
Than to fight for a thing that ain't right
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
Eb
And awake in the dawn's early light
Bb
Eb
But much to my surprise,
Gm
Bb
when I opened my eyes,
F
Bb
I was a victim of the Great Compromise.
Now she writes all the fellas love letters,
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come and see me real soon.
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They all line up in the bar room,
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and spend the night in that sick
Sometimes I get awful lonesome,
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and I wish she were my girl instead.
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F
She won't let me live with her,
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Bb
she just makes me live in my head.
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
Eb
Bb
And awake in the dawn's early light
Eb
But much to my surprise
Bb
when I opened my eyes
F
I was a victim of the Great Comprom
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Gm
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Csus4
Bb
ise
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Akkorde & SongtexteBb Eb Gm F Csus4
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