Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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It was winter time in Nashville
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down on Music City Row
I was lookin' for a place to get my
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self out of the cold
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To warm the frozen feelin'
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that was eatin' at my soul
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And keep the chilly winds
off my guitar
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Verse 2
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My thirsty wanted whiskey and
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my hunger needed beans
But I guess it'd been a month of payday
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since I heard that eagle scream
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So with a stomach full of empty
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and a pocket full of dreams
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I left my pride and stepped
Verse 3
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Actually I guess you'd call it
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a tavern
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Cigarette smoke to the ceiling sawdust
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on the floor friendly shadows
I saw that there was just an
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old man sittin' at the bar
In the mirror I could see him checkin'
Verse 4
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He said come up here boy show us what you
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are I said I'm dry he bought me a beer
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He nodded at my guitar said it's a tough
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life ain't it I just looked at him
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And he said you ain't makin' any money are you
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I said you been readin' my mail
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He just smiled and said let
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I got somethin' you oughta hear
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then he laid it on me
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If you waste your time a talkin' to
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the people who don't listen
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To the things that you are sayin'
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who do you thinks gonna hear
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And if you should die explainin' how
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the thing they complain about
Verse 6
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Or the things they could be changing
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who do you thinks gonna care
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There were lots of other singers in
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the world turned deaf and blind
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Who were crucified for what
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Now their voices have been scattered
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by the swirling winds of time
Verse 7
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And the truth remains that no
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Well the old man was a stranger
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but I'd've heard his song before
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Back when failure had me locked out on
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the wrong side of the door
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No one stood behind me but
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my shadow on the floor
Verse 8
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You see the devil haunts a hungry man
And if you don't want to join him well
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he's gotta figure out someway to beat him
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And I ain't sayin' I beat the devil
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but I drink his beer for nothin'
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Verse 9
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And then I stole his song
You can still hear me singin' to
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the people who don't listen
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To the things that I am sayin'
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prayin' someone's gonna hear
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And I guess I'll die explaining how the thing
s that they complain about
Verse 10
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Are things they could be changin'
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hopin' someone's gonna care
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I was born to be a singer and I'm
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bound to die the same
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But I've got to feed this hunger in my soul
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If I never have a nickel I won't
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'Cause I don't believe that no
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