Chords for Jud Strunk - "Next Door Neighbor's Kid"

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_ _ _ _ _ I recall a batting ball, the games that we [G] would play.
Climbing trees, shooting peas [C] after [F] Saturday [C] matinees.
Playing pool, skipping school, [F] the crazy things we did.
[Em] _ [Dm] _
[F] I did it all [C] and I had a ball [G] with the next-door [C] neighbor's kid. _
_ [G] Then later on, [F] the junior prom, [C] when we got drunk as hell.
[G] And drove that old [F] Ford off the road, [C] I [F] swore I'd never [C] tell.
[F] When he took us to the cellar, where [C] he had some homebrew [Am] here.
_ I [F] said, hey, you're really [G] something, you're the next-door [C] neighbor's kid.
And I recall a batting ball, the games that we [G] would play.
Climbing trees, shooting peas [C] after [F] Saturday [C] matinees.
A fishing pole, a swimming hole, [F] the crazy things we did.
[Em] _ [Dm] _ [F] I did it all [C] and I had a ball [G] with the next-door [C] neighbor's kid. _ _
[G] Then I went my way, [F] he went his [C] with a rifle [F] and [C] a pack.
[G] The only thing [F] I read was, [C] they [F] shot him in [C] the back.
[F] I bet his boys can ride and hide [C] the way their [Am] daddy did. _
_ [F] And I got a prayer [G] that says take care of the next [C]-door neighbor's kid.
Cause I recall a batting ball, the games that we [G] would play.
Climbing trees, shooting peas [C] after [F] Saturday [C] matinees.
A playing pool, skipping school, [F] the crazy things we did.
[Em] _ [Dm] _ [F] I did it all [C] and I had a ball [G] with the next-door [C] neighbor's kid. _ _ _ _ _
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