A Lot Like Me Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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He [F] was a long-tailed stranger from way down south
[Bb] Where he left his life behind
He [G] had a big old Gibson [C] and a pickup truck
[F] And [Bb] [C] Shenandoah eyes
And [F] I remember him sitting [Am] in the local bar
[Bb] Where I earned my pay each night
[Gm] Singing [C] the songs to empty chairs
[Bb] And going [C] half [F] tight
_ [C] And [F] so the nights rolled by like headlights shining
[Bb] On a lonesome strip of tar
I [Gm] kept his [C] words of kindness close to me
[F] Like a pick [Bb] on my [C] guitar
[F] And we'd talk about the singers [Am] and the songs we loved
[Bb] And the songs we'd most forgot
And [Gm] at a run-down bar [C] they'd make last call
[Bb] And I'd [C] never want [F] to stop
Cause I [Bb] was living on nothing [C] but a young girl's dreams
[F] With my [Am] cowboy boots and [Bb] my old six-string
[Gm] Hitching my [C] wagon to start
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[Am] Dreaming of leaving [Bb] those local bars [F] when I'd get him up
[C] Had closed in time [Dm] for a couple of songs
[Bb] And a chance to shine [Gm] like the star that he [C] longed to be
[Bb] He looked a hell [C] of a lot [F] like me
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[F] Well it made a lot of places where the only wages
[Bb] Were food and beer for free
[Gm] No fancy licks [C] but he had a gift
[F] For the [Bb] kind of songs [C] he'd sing
[F] But you do what you can to [Am] be a satisfied [Bb] man
Just to have your peace of mind
And [Gm] so he gave it all up [C] for a government job
[Bb] Where the [C] paychecks come [F] on time
[C] So [F] now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar
[Bb] And to share a drink or two
[Gm] And we sit, [D] swap and [C] tase of where we've been
[F] And what [Bb] we'd [C] rather do
Well [F] there's a wealth of dangers [Am] when you're talking to strangers
[Bb] And I meet them all the time
[Gm] But my heart knew [C] better than my head
[Bb] When I looked [C] into [F] those eyes
Cause I [Bb] was living on [C] nothing but a young girl's [F] dreams
With my [Am] cowboy boots [Bb] and my old [F] six [Gm]-string
Hitching my [C] wagon to [F] start
Dreaming of leaving [Bb] those [F] local bars when I'd get him [C] up
At closing [Dm] time, a couple of [Bb] songs and a chance to [Gm] shine
Like the star that he [C] longed to be
[Bb] He looked a [C] hell of a lot [F] like me
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_ maybe I'll quit when I got me a [Bb] kid
And a place to call my own
[G] But tonight there [C] ain't nobody there
[F] Waiting [Bb] up for [C] me at home
[F] It's a hell of a way [Am] to live from day to day
[Bb] Not knowing where you're bound
[Gm] But that look in his [C] eyes made me realize
[Bb] I was [C] glad for the [F] life I'd found
Cause [Bb] I was living on [C] nothing but a young girl's [F] dreams
With my [Am] cowboy boots [Bb] and my old six [Gm]-string
Hitching my [C] wagon to [F] start
[Am] Dreaming of [Bb] leaving those local [F] bars when I'd get him [C] up
At closing [Dm] time, a couple of [Bb] songs and a chance to [Gm] shine
Like the star that he [C] longed to be
[Bb] He looked a [C] hell of a [Dm] lot like me
[Bb] Like the star that he [C] always dreamed
[Gm] He looked a [C] hell of a [F] lot like me
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