Chords for Contrary to Ordinary - Jerry Jeff Walker

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_ Never in my life, _ off of other [Bb] people's eyes, _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ I guess I've always been the [Bb] one they said
was, _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
too tall, too late, too early.
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_ Yes, [F] he's the one, _ _ [G] _
_ he ought to be in the circuit. _ _ _
[C] _ Too much faith, _ [F] _ _
been a one man band, _ _ [Bb] _ been a one man, yes, the circuit.
_ [Dm] _ [F] _ My first gig in New Orleans was billed as the Happy Guitar.
_ [Bb] That was at Lucky Pierre.
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Yeah, I'm always digging _ the [Bb] _
right road [F] after a while.
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I remember grinning while the devil [C] said I couldn't do it, but I'd [Bb] try my best.
[C] _ [Bb] I was contrary to ordinary, _ _ [F] _
even as a child.
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Seems like I stayed out too late, those [C] old full moons still drive me [Bb] wild.
[C] _ [Bb] And stories do come true, _ [Dm] just [F] got to live life in episodes.
_ _ So [Bb] I got one eye [Am] on my [Gm] laney lane, _ _ _ _ but [Bb] there's always one eye [C] still on that [F] open road.
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And when I die, I swear I don't put no [Dm] stone on my [Eb] grave.
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I'm sorry I ought to be the epitaph, _ _ [Bb] _
_ but spell on my state.
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_ Don't send the preacher down to [Bb] _
_ tighten [F] up the band.
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You tell them how I like to live my life, [C] how I love to make and try to let [Gm] things [C] pass.
Oh, [F] I was _ [Bb] contrary to ordinary, _ _ _
[F] _ even as a [Dm] child.
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[G] _ Those fast breaks made me wonder, oh, [C] the full moons drove me [Gm] wild.
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[Bb] _ And stories do come true, if you [C] just live life [Am] in episodes.
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With one [F] eye on a good [Gm] lady, _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ and [C] one [Gm] eye on the [Am] road.
Oh, [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] I _ _ _ was _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ contrary _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
to _ _ ordinary, _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ even _ [Bb] _
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_ as a _ _ [Bb] child.
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