Intro: G C G D7 G

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I woke up in Houston
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in somebody's kitchen
               D7
the ceiling was sweating
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and i was afloat 
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on a dirty brown river
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of heroin shivers
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waiting on someone to send me a boat
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i went back to Charlotte
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yes i fell in love with
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a girl with a stutter
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and didn't love me
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she said i don't believe you
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i don't believe you
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i don't believe you when you’re
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laying next to me
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so i went down to Tampa
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to find me an answer
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but it wasn't coming
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and neither was she
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so i tried Swannanoa
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where nobody knows me
               D7
got so goddamn lonesome
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that i had to leave

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i looked death in the face
            G
it was only my father
               D7
if i had known all along
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i wouldn't have bothered
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with being afraid
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with being a coward
           D7
and trying to fool 
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some mysterious power
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cause i don't believe it
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i don't believe it
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i don't believe it when it’s 
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laying next to me
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no i won't believe it
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i won't believe it
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i won't believe it til it’s
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laying next to me
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