On Our Own

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
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Take 35 up to 49, Oklahoma City to the Wichita Line 
          A                              D 
Passed Missouri, hit St. Louis along the way 
          D 
I shot my alternator hawk, carburetors burned 
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Quarts of oil like reading paper 
A 
Retired tires and lit em on fire 
         {G}                                 D 
Smudging black rubber smoke up against the sky 
             D 
And they can say it's hard where they're from 
     G 
They grew up tough and didn't have no fun 
        A 
But the road you got is the one you're on 
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Some is wide and some go long 
 


[Refrão]
 
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'Cause every man has chains to bind him 
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To the past that rests behind him 
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And the past is merciless when she speaks 
    D 
And life can be a big mean snake 
          G 
And there ain't a heart that she can't break 
        Em                           A 
Ain't a soul that she can't take and leave 
A      D      D 
On our own 
 


[Verso 2]
 
         D 
Well the south is hot and the air gets wet 
           G 
But if you ride 25 for a couple sunsets 
A                                     D 
Header north wind will blow round the road 
        D 
And the mesquite turns to sage brush 
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Desert mountain and the Indian paintbrush 
    A 
The ground gets rough, and the folks will say 
{G}                      D 
Hard to read, the seasons change 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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But I've traveled along, and I've traveled alone 
         G 
And I've left a love to sing a song 
A 
Now all I've got's this ugly dog 
      {G}                                   D        D 
And a car with a hood that the paints peelin on 
 


[Refrão]
 
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'Cause every man has chains to bind him 
       G 
To the past that rests behind him 
        A                          D 
And the past is merciless when she speaks 
    D 
And life can be a big mean snake 
          G 
And there ain't a heart that she can't break 
        Em                           A 
Ain't a soul that she can't take and leave 
A        D      D 
  On our own 
 

Interlude 
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[Verso 4]
 
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Well, I fell in love and I fell back out 
      G 
And I had a few teeth knocked out of my mouth 
A                             D 
Got myself a gal I still hang on 
    D 
And I'd take yours if I could give you mine 
   G 
At least we might say some of the time 
         A 
But it's hard to tell the map of a man 
        {G}                                 D      D 
Just by reading the feel of the shake of his hand 
 

Outro 
            D 
Cause every man has chains to bind him 
       G 
To the past that rests behind him 
        A                          D 
And the past is merciless when she speaks 
    D 
And life can be a big mean snake 
          G 
And there ain't a heart that she can't take 
Em                                 A 
Ain't a soul that she can take and leave 
{A}           ({D}) 
  On our own