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I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade F
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Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days F
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Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways F
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Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
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Call it one drink too many
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Call it pride of a man
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But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
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'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
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Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
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We do it over and over and over again
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We do it over and over and over again
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Oh -oh -oh -oh (slow) (straight strumming)
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Oh -oh -oh -oh (build)
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Oh -oh -oh -oh
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I know there's California, Oklahoma
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And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
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Down in the valley with
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Whiskey rivers
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These are the places you will find me hidin'
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These are the places I will always go (not slow)
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These are the places I will always go (not slow)
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I am on my way (slow)
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I am on my way (slow)
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I am on my way back to where I started
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Oh -oh -oh -oh (straight strumming)
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Oh -oh -oh -oh (build) (continued in the background)
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One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
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I hail your face, and then I saw you standing out
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I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
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You saw me crossing the valley and you came in
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There was a sign on the door and it reads to me
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Just like the grass and the sign when you walked in
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Oh -oh -oh -oh (straight strumming)
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Oh -oh -oh
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I am on my way (slow)
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I am on my way (slow)
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I am on my way back to where I started
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California, Oklahoma
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And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
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Down in the valley with
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Whiskey rivers
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These are the places you will find me hidin'
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These are the places I will always go (slow)
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These are the places I will always go (slow)
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So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
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Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways