Tom: Bb
Intro:
F Ab
Two packs of cigarettes a day The strongest whiskey Kentucky can make
F Ab Bb
That's the recipe to put a vagabond on his hands and knees
F Ab
I watched it all up close I knew it more than most
F
I saw a side of him I could never show
Ab Bb
for the sympathy for a world that wouldn't let him be
Db Bb
That's the man he was Have you heard enough?
F Ab Eb Bb F
What a shame What a shame to judge a life that you can't change
Ab Eb Bb F
The choir sings the church bells ring so won't you give this man his wings
Ab Bb Db
what a shame to have to beg you to see we're not all the same
F
What a shame
F Ab
There's a hard life for every silver spoon there's a touch of grey for every shade of blue
F Ab Bb
That's the way that I see life if there was nothing wrong then there'd be nothing right
Ab F
and for this working man they said could barely stand there's got to be a better place to land
Ab Bb
some kind of remedy for a world that wouldn't let him be
that's the man he was have you heard enough
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A B C E D ) (2x)
A B C E D
God forgive the hands that laid you down
They never knew how,
A B C E D
but your broken heart can break the sound
And change the season
A
Now the leaves are falling faster,
G
Happily ever after
A
You gave me hope through your endeavors
A B C D E Gb G
And now you will live fo-re-ver
(Refrão)