Great Compromise Chords

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 aD little girl who was almost a lady

 hGad a way with all the men in Dher life

 eAvery inch of her blosoms in beauty

 sGhe was born on the forDth of july

and she lived in an aluminum house trailer

and she worked in a juke-box saloon

and she spent all the money i'd give her

just to see the ol' man in the moon

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 ID used to sleep at the foot of old glory

 aGnd awake in the dawns earlyD light

 bGut much to my surprise Dwhen i opened my eyes

 iA was a victim of the greDat compromise

we used to go out on saturday evening

to the drive in on route fourty one

and it was there that I first discovered

she was doin' what she'd already done

she said 'johny would you get me some popcorn

and she knew i had to walk pretty far

and as soon as i walked through the moonlight

she'd hopped into a foreign sports car

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and you know, i could'a beat up that fella

but it was her that hopped in to his car

as many times as i'd fought to protect her

well this time she'd gone too far

and some folks call me a coward

'cause i left her at the drive in that night

but i'd rather have names thrown at me

than to fight for a thing that aint right

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now she writes all the fellas love letters

sayin' please come and see me real soon

and there's a growin' line up in the bar-room

to spend a night in that sick womans room

and sometimes i get awful lonesome

and i wish she were my girl instead

but she won't let me live with her

she makes me live in my head

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