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Verse 1:(spoken)
SOL DO/SOL SOL
It was winter time in Nashville,down on music city row
RE DO/SOL
And i was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold
SOL MIm DO/SOL
To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul
RE
And keep the chilly wind off my guitar
Verse 2:(spoken)
SOL DO/SOL SOL
My thirsty wanted whisky,my hungry needed beans
RE
But it'd been of month of paydays since i've heard that eagle scream
DO/SOL SOL MIm DO/SOL
So with my stomach full of empty and my pockets full of dreams
RE
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
Bridge:(spoken)
MIm DO/SOL
Actually i guess you'd could call it a Tavern...
RE
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling and stardust on the floor
SOL
Friendly shadows
Verse 3:(spoken)
SOL DO/SOL SOL
I saw that there was just one old man sittin' at the bar
RE DO/SOL
And in the mirror i could see him checkin' me and my guitar
SOL MIm DO/SOL
He turned,and said "Come up here boy,and show us what you are"
RE
I said "I'm dry"-and he brought me a beer
Verse 1-bis:(spoken)
SOL DO/SOL SOL
He nodded at my guitar and said "It's a tough life,ain't it"
RE DO/SOL
I just looked at him,and he said "You ain't makin' any money,are you?"
SOL MIm DO/SOL
I said "You've been readin' my mail".He just smiled and said "Let me see your guitar"
DO/SOL SOL
I've got something you want to hear.Then he laid it on me
Verse sang 1:
SOL DO/SOL
If you waste your time of talkin' to the people who don't listen
SOL RE
To the things that you are sayin',who do you think's gonna hear
SOL DO/SOL
And if you should die explaining how the things that they complain about
SOL RE SOL
Are things they could be changin' who do you think's gonna care
RE DO/SOL SOL
There were other lonely singers in a world turned deaf and blind
RE
Who were crucified for what they tried to show
SOL DO/SOL SOL
And their voice's have been scattered by this world and winds of times
RE SOL
Cause the truth remains that no one wants to know
Verse 4:(spoken)
SOL DO/SOL SOL
Well,the old man was a stranger,but i'd heard his song before
RE DO/SOL
Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door
SOL MIm DO/SOL
When no one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
RE
And lonesome was more than a state of mind
Verse 2-bis:(spoken)
SOL DO/SOL SOL
You see,the devil haunts a hungry man,and if you don't wanna join him
RE DO/SOL
You got to beat him
SOL MIm DO/SOL
I ain't sayin' i beat the devil but i drank his beer for nothing
SOL
Then i stole his song
Verse sang 2:
SOL DO/SOL
And you still can hear me singin' to the people who don't listen
SOL RE
To the things that i am sayin',prayin' someones gonna hear
SOL DO/SOL
And i guess i'll die explainig how the things that they complain about
SOL RE SOL
Are things they could be changin',hopin' someones gonna care
RE DO/SOL SOL
I was born a lonely singer,and i'm bound to die the same
RE
But i've got to feed the hunger in my soul
SOL DO/SOL SOL
And if i never have a nickle i won't ever die ashamed
RE SOL
Cause i don't believe that no one wants to know
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