Intro C  G  D 
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[Verso 1]

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Couldn't have ever dawned on me, all the things that 
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I would be I, I never really looked out quite that far 
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It's never been a simple thing, to see the world with a 
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Young man's brain, with an old man's heart, a restless soul 

 

[Verso 2]

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Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year 
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Dad took a job many miles from here that 
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That was alright by me I was on my own 
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I had a band, found a job, life was alright 
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I worked when I had to, we played all the time, Only 
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Got through that first year of college alright 

 

[Refrão]

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But I learned more on the freight docks 
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Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift 
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In the winter time, man it got cold 
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Selling guitars on the west coast 
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Going hungry, chasin' ghost around 
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And around we would go 
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And I saw it all tendin' bar at night 
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Treatin' saints and sinners right 
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Is a good thing to do all the time 
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You never know who you're talking' to 
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But always know who's watching you 
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Keep your feet movin' straight down the line 
 

[Verso 3]

     G              D              Em 
I've known a lot of real good men, grad school or no school 
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I've called em' my friends I'm 
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I'm somewhere in the middle, and that's just fine 
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No, I don't give a damn how much money you make 
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If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take I'm 
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Well, I'm goin' out with nothin' like I came in 

 

[Refrão]

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And I learned more on the freight docks 
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Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift 
                    G 
In the winter time, man it got cold 
        C 
Selling guitars on the west coast 
      G                     D 
Going hungry, chasin' ghost around 
                    G 
And around we would go 
             C 
And I saw it all tendin' bar at night 
G 
Treatin' saints and sinners right 
          D                   G 
Is a good thing to do all the time 
          C 
You never know who you're talking' to 
    G 
But always know who's watching you 
          D                             C 
Keep your feet movin' straight down the line 
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Somewhere in the middle's just fine 
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Somewhere in the middle's just fine 

Final C  G  D  G