Chords for John Hiatt - Riding With the King

Almost [D] 30 years ago, so if you're [Dm] a songwriter, don't ever give up, you never damn know what's coming.
You [A] understand?
[Dm] This is how I would've been.
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_ [E] _ _ _ I'm a child in [D] pain.
[G] It's all a paradox, not a memory.
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Don't you know the rhyme [B] when you're dead? _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] [Bm] So many times [A] I've seen you, from ten years [Bm] to you.
[A] Never once in the time I know [E] how I feel. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ And [A] I can't tell you this, I'm a clown.
[B] Why you [A] think you're the best at [E] chess?
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_ _ [B] I'm a [A] walker. _ _ _
_ [G] I'm a little hungry everywhere.
To the flowers, _ [E] _ I'm standing.
I'm all about your [F#] fancy.
[G] _ _ You love the way you swing your [A] sword. _ _ _
Don't you know the rhyme when you're [B] dead?
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You know I'm a shining gleamer.
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_ _ see, you see I'm [A] losing [B] my mind.
You see, you _ [E] _ _ [G]
see I'm hiding in the box.
And I'm a hungry [Em] human [A] being.
_ _ Don't you [D] know the rhyme [B] when you're dead?
You know when I [A] stepped out of a mirror, I was a 10-foot [Em] frog.
Had a super sharp [C#] career, but [A] I made out of solid [E] gold.
Had a new [B] car, I had [A] just about to wave goodbye.
And [B] I'm gonna play [E] you this [D] thing, [D#] I'll feel the beat [G] down.
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_ _ You're a little hungry everywhere.
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_ Don't you know the rhyme when you're dead?
_ _ _ Oh, don't you know the rhyme when you're _ dead? _ _ _
You know I'm a shining gleamer.
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_ _ _ [E] _ [B] you see [D#] I'm losing my _ [Am] [B] mind.
You see, you see I'm hiding in the box.
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