Chords for Hoyt Axton - Movin' Down The Line.

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I was born in a [Db] tenement in 1933 _
[Ab] Mama sold her dances for a dime
I never knew my daddy, [Db] he died when I was three
Still they say I was singing all the time _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ Lord, I [Abm] went to school with trouble and [Dbm] my middle name was Fight
Me [Abm] and life we got along just swell
[Abm] Till someone broke the bubble in [Dbm] the middle of the night
They [F] said, son, you gotta go to work [Abm] but raisin' so much well _ _ _ _
I picked up my hammer and I drove into the mountain
[Abm] Picked up my shovel [Dbm] and I dug into the mine
[Abm] Picked up a woman [Dbm] out in old St.
Louis
[Eb] She became a [Abm] buddy of mine
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_ _ _ _ Oh, summer is a-comin', [Dm] I can feel it on the hills
[Am] Clovers growin' green [Dm] upon the lawns
[Am] I've just about exhausted [Dm] this city of its thrills
[E] And it's time I gave a thought to [Am] me _ _ _ _ _ _
I've heard a lot of promises, [Dm] I've heard a lot of lies
[Am] I've heard a lot of people [Dm] rant and rave _
[Am] But the only friend I trust in [Dm] when trouble's on the rise
[E] Is the face in the mirror [Am] when I see _
_ _ _ _ So I picked up my hammer [Dm] and I drove into the mountain
[Am] Picked up my shovel [Dm] and I dug into the mine
[Am] Picked up some trouble [Dm] in old Kansas City
[Gb] Turned around and [Am] did a stretch of time _ _ _ _
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_ A hitch in the army [Ebm] and a few years on the bum
_ [Bbm] Liquor and the ladies make the man
[Bbm] But when you cage a rabbit [Ebm] he has got to up and run
[F] And take his life and love and [Bbm] weary again
_ _ _ _ So I picked up my hammer [Ebm] and I drove into the mountain
[Bbm] _ Picked up my shovel [Ebm] and I dug into the mine
[Bbm] Picked up a freight train [Ebm] out in some lonesome city
[Gbm] And started a-movin' [Bbm] down the line
_ _ [F] Started a-movin' down the line
_ [Gbm] Started a-movin' [Bbm] down the line
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