Solid Gone 
Tim Barry 

Capo on the 8th fret  
I'm working on a pattern for the fingerpicking, I'll post it when I'm happy. 
It seems to be mostly the octave and the 5th with a little color added occasionally. 


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I was young when I got married, young when we had kids 
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Young when mom got sick and moved in 
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Dads gone, to that cancer song 


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Before my dad died, he left me his .22 
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A winchester rifle, it was his dads to 
G 
Now its mine, my how time flies 


G 
I  pay our rent by cleaning, the offices in town 
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We live on a bad side, where the police donâ??t come round 
G 
It aint safe, but I canâ??t move us out 


G 
The bills they stack up, in the mailbox outside 
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Mostly from hospital, from before dad died 
G 
And the rest were past due and shutoff dates 

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G 
Well the new guy on the job, talked me in on my way down 
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We go half on some weight, I pay some bills we both get out 
G 
Heâ??d front it too, what would you do 


G 
I started selling to some old friends, gave some to granny Ruth. 
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Sheâ??s sick with cancer, same as dads it helps her through 
G 
I paid some bills off, was getting out 
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Then I hear this crashing, outside my house 


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These men came running at my maw maw, running at my wife 
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my daughter started screaming, I feared for their life 
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weapon drawn, I had not known 


G 
The men who tore off my lock, and broken down my door 
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And threatened my family, were officers of the law 
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Darkened rooms, how could I have known 
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Such a terror, inside my home 

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G 
Nine years to twenty, what have I done 
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Nine years to twenty, intent and a gun 
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To my family, what have I done 
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For my family, what have I done 


G 
Before my dad died, he left me his 22 
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Look over your family son, do what you need to 
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Dadâ??s gone, now Iâ??m solid gone 
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But we always done, what needed to be done.