Chords for Cal Smith "Bits And Pieces Of Life"

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[A#] No one knows the old man's name, but every evening as the sun [F] goes down _ _ _ _
[A#] He pulls a creaking wagon to the city dump a mile or so [F] from town _ _ _ _ _
[A#] And he searches through the papers and the bottles, wonder what he'll [F] find today _ _ _ _ _
He's collecting bits and pieces [C] of the lives that other people threw [F] away _ _ _ _ _
There's a picture in a broken frame [A#] that shows a [C] father standing with [F] his son
Their _ _ _ smiling faces testify [A#] that neither sees [C] the troubled times [F] to come
_ _ _ _ The [A#] father couldn't understand the teenage boy with values of [F] his own _ _ _ _ _
And neither one would compromise, [C] and now just like the old man [F] they're alone
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[F#] He brushes off a crumpled dress [B] a pretty girl [C#] once wore to her [F#] first dance _ _ _ _ _
She and the boy were planning to be [B] married but [C#] they never got [F#] the chance
They _ _ _ [B] buried him in Vietnam and she just grieved herself to death [F#] they say
_ _ _ _ _ He's collecting bits and pieces of the [C#] lives that other people threw [F#] away
_ _ _ [D] _ _ He [G] kicks aside the cans and finds [C] a record two [D] young lovers call [G] their song
And _ _ _ a crucifix a mother gave [C] her daughter back [D] before the world [G] went wrong
_ _ _ _ The [C] old man slowly turns to go the walk today was hardly worth [G] his time _ _ _ _ _ _
It's just a bunch of junk he says, [D] well there ain't nothing here _
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