A Lot Like Me Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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_ [C] _ _ He was [F] a long-tailed stranger from way down south where [Bb] he left his life behind.
He had [Gm] a big old Gibson and [C] a pickup truck [F] and _ Shenandoah [C] eyes.
And I [F] remember him sitting in [Am] the local bar [Bb] where I earned my pay each night, [F] _ _ singing
the songs to [C] empty chairs [Bb] and [C] going home [F] half-tied.
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And so [F] the nights rolled by like headlights shining [Bb] on a lonesome strip of tar.
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I kept his [Dm] words of [C] kindness close to me [F] like a [Bb] pick on [C] my guitar. _
[F] And we'd talk about the [Am] singers and the songs we loved [Bb] and the songs we'd most forgot.
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[Gm] And at a run [C]-down bar they'd make last call [Bb] and I'd [C] never [F] want to stop.
Cause I was [Bb] living on nothing but a young [Am] girl's [F] dreams with my [Am] cowboy boots [Bb] and my
old six-string, [Dm] hitching my [C] wagon to [F] the star, dreaming [Am] of leaving [Bb] those local bars.
[F] When [C] I'd get him up at closing time [Dm] for a couple [C] of songs [Bb] and a chance to [Gm] shine like
the star [Dm] that he [C] longed to be, _ [Bb] he looked a hell [C] of a lot [F] like me. _
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_ _ _ Well, it made a lot of places where the only [Bb] wages were food and beer for free.
_ [Gm] No fancy licks, [C] but he had a gift [F] for the [Bb] kind of songs [C] he'd sing.
[F] But you do what you can to [Am] be a satisfied man [Bb] just to have your peace of mind.
[Gm] And so he gave it all up [C] for a government job [Bb] where the [C] paychecks come [F] on time.
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[F] now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar [Bb] and to share a drink or [F] two.
And [Gm] we sit, [Dm] swap and [C] taste of where we've been [F] and what [Bb] we'd [C] rather do.
Well, [F] there's a wealth of dangers [Am] when you're talking to strangers [Bb] and I meet them all the time.
[F] But [Gm] my heart [C] knew better than my head [Bb] when I looked [C] into [F] those eyes.
Because I [Bb] was living on nothing [C] but a young girl's dreams [F] with my cowboy [Am] boots and [F] my old six train.
[Gm] _ [Dm] Hitching my [C] wagon to [F] a star, dreaming of leaving [Bb] those local [F] bars.
When I'd get him [C] up at closing time [Dm] for a couple of songs [Bb] and a chance to shine [Gm] like the star that he [C] longed to be,
he [Bb] looked a hell of [C] a lot [F] like me. _ _
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[F] _ _ _ Well, maybe I'll quit when I got me a kid [Bb] and a place to call my own.
[F] But [Gm] tonight there [C] ain't nobody there [F] waiting up for me [C] at home.
_ [F] It's a hell of a way to [Am] live from day to day, [Bb] not knowing where you're bound.
_ But [Gm] that look in his eyes [C] made me realize I [Bb] was glad [C] for the life [F] I found.
Because I [Bb] was living on nothing but a young [F] girl's dreams with my cowboy boots and [Bb] my old six train.
[Gm] _ [Dm] Hitching my [C] wagon to a star, _ [F] dreaming of leaving those local bars.
When I'd get him up [C] at closing time [Dm] for a couple of [Bb] songs and a chance to shine [Gm] like the star that he longed [C] to be,
he [Bb] looked a hell of [C] a lot [Dm] like me.
Like [Bb] the star that he'd [C] always be,
he looked [Gm] a hell of [C] a lot [F] like me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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