The Almost Man Chords by Allan Taylor

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_ As my [C#m] father lay [F#m] dying, _ _
_ [C#m] I was holding [F#m] his hand. _ _
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He said,
Some days one thing you [E] must understand.
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_ _ _ _ [E] [F#m] All my life I've been an almost man. _ _ _ _
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Don't [F#m] make the same mistake as me. _ _
_ _ _ _ Cause I never [E] got [A] to drive _ [E] a real [F#m] fast car [D] again. _
Crazy [A] drunk _ [E] in a downtown _ bar.
And [F#m] I never [E] even [A] _ got [D] to go that far.
[A] _ _ [E] There was so much I wanted [F#m] to see.
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_ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ When he _
[E] made it [A] back from [E] that terrible _ [F#m] war.
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Things were gonna be [A] different [E] than they'd been _ before.
_ Cause [F#m]
he [E] had a [A] family _ [D] and a lot to live [A] for.
He got [E] a job, _ _ _ he settled [F#m]
down.
_ _ _ _ _ He [E] worked real [A] hard to [E] keep the _ family [F#m] tight.
Every [D] _
day [A] he did _ [E] what he thought was right.
_ [F#m] But he never [G#] got [A] ahead _ [D] and tried as he [A] might.
He [E] was always _ _ just [F#m] breaking even. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And before [E] he [A] knew it, it [E] was all too [F#m] _ late.
[D] His time had [A] passed _ [E] and time can't wait.
There [F#m] are [E] some things [A] in life _ [D] that you just can't [A] beat.
_ [E] It's a fight you're never gonna [F#m]
win.
_ _ _ _ _ When he [E] died his [A] ashes _ [E] were sent through [F#m] the post.
And [D] I thought [A] about what he would [E] have wanted the most.
_ [F#m] So I went [E] out and bought [A] that real fast [D]
car.
And I [A] damned the cost I [E] strapped him in.
_ _ _ We [F#m] hit the highway. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Hey [E] old [A] man, _ [E] now you know how it [F#m] feels.
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_ Isn't [A] she just the [E] greatest _ set of wheels?
_ [F#m] She's a [E] bright [A] red beauty [D] of cool [A] polish steel.
And we're [E] gonna turn some heads _ [F#m]
today.
_ _ _ _ And we [E] drove like [A] the wind _ [E] down to _ London [F#m] _ town.
And we [D] got _ _ [A] crazy drunk and [E] started _ falling _ down.
[F#] When a [E] new [A] day broke and [D] we _ came [A] around.
I took [E] him down to look at [F#m] the sea. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ We stood [E] on [A] Brighton Beach _ [E] where it all _ [F#m] began.
Where [D] my _ _ [A] father's son _ [E] became _ a man.
And [F#m] I [E] said to [A] him, now you [D] can _ understand.
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
What you have meant [F#m] to me.
_ _ _ _ Cause I got [E] you that [A] ride _ [E] in a real [F#m] fast car.
We [D] got _ _ [A] crazy drunk _ [E] in a downtown bar.
And [F#m] we [E] made it [A] together and [D] we've come this [A] far.
And [E] I did _ it all _ [F#] for you. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ So I'll take that ride _ _ _ when it's given for free. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And I'll be the man he [F#] always wanted to be. _ _
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And if somehow he's looking down on me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I know he'll [E] smile and [F#] he'll say, _ _ you did it Al. _ _ _ _
_ _ Let's [E] take that [A]
drive _ [E] in a real _ [F#m] fast car.
Let's [D] get _ crazy [A]
drunk in [E] every _ downtown _ bar.
_ [F#m] Let's [E] get on [A] the road and follow [D] that golden _ [A] star.
_ [E] Take it all the way _ to the [F#m] end. _ _ _
_ _ Let's [E] get [A] on the road and follow that [D] golden _ [A] star.
_ _ [E] Take it all the way _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the [F#] end.
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