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_ _ _ Me and
E Big Dave were just
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_ We were chasing white lines and warping our _ minds
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A were killing the time, though we sure didn't know
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Hunting down rhymes with _ Kentucky poet.
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A Big
E Dave were just trying to stay
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Abm There's
A some folks
E around town that
A might cuss our
E names down to the floor.
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_ _ They might claim that we're _ loners, low-account stoners
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Abm A It's the same kind of people who claim to be
E chosen.
D Their ears made of stone and their tongues made of poison.
E The doctrine they preach has got nothing that they can
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_ _ _ Well, I don't know if Dave hates the same
E kind of hate that I do.
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_ _ _ _ He knows that I know that he's been cut down
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Abm A Well, people get talking about the things that we
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Db it.
D I ain't in the business of making _ excuses.
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A Big
E Dave were just trying to stay
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alive.
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A This whole world's full of ghosts, _ but I believe that
E most folks can't see.
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They _ particular _ demons _ reason with
Ab Big
A Dave and me.
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D No crossing, no bossing,
A he's wild in his sorrow.
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D No fighting, no spying, _
A wait till tomorrow.
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Good deal.
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