Intro 
A E Bm D 
A A 


[Verso 1]

A                E 
You work for 37 years 
        Bm                   D       A 
Driving trucks, not shifting gears 
A                      E 
He never got it in his head 
           Bm              D       A 
To settle down, he'd never wed 


[Verso 2]

A                          E 
He liked the river how it flowed 
       Bm                        D      A 
Unlike the breaker, never to explode 
A                       E 
It had no wires running in 
             Bm                          D 
It just went on and on and on until the ocean got to it 



[Refrão]

     Bm                   D 
Holy Cross Electric Association 
                         A 
Oh well it's more than a job 
                  F#m 
It's more like a damnation 
               D                 E 
Well it was my life, now it's my loss 
     Bm         D        A 
Holy Cross 


[Verso 3]

A                   E 
It was a honey of a night 
           Bm                D        A 
He met his maker, he saw the light 
A                        E 
The car was passing on a curve 
                Bm               D        A 
He never slowed down, he never swerved 


[Verso 4]

A                           E 
And in the hot glare of the lamps 
          Bm                          D       A 
He had regrets; he'd never learned to dance 
A                         E 
There was no angel at his side 
    Bm                                       D 
No, there was a purpose that became homeless when he died 


[Refrão]

     Bm                   D 
Holy Cross Electric Association 
                         A 
Oh well it's more than a job 
                  F#m 
It's more like a damnation 
               D                 E 
Well it was my life, now it's my loss 
     Bm                   D 
Holy Cross Electric Association 
                         A 
Oh well it's more than a job 
                  F#m 
It's more like a damnation 
               D                 E 
Well it was my life, now it's my loss 
     Bm 
Holy Cross 
               D                 E 
Well it was my life, now it's my loss 
     Bm 
Holy Cross 
               D                 E 
Well it was my life, now it's my loss 
     A 
Holy Cross 

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