Chords for Ramshackle Glory - Bitter Old Man

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_ [D] I was born a bitter old [Bm] man who got heartbroken in [A] Catalonia in [G]
1936.
Things [D] haven't felt right since. _ _
I gave up on life.
[Bm] I knew this place wasn't safe for [A] anyone.
Even fascists and [G] republicans and their [D] apologists.
_ _ _ [A] But I [G] swear to God I'm [D] gonna die.
[Em] Full of naive [A] optimism.
A teenager's heart breaking [G] conviction that things could be different.
Oh [A] yeah.
Things are gonna be real different when we're [D] finished around here.
[Em] I always wanted to [G] die young.
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_ [D] Now [Am] I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger [D] than I am.
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_ [D] I can hear you from a dozen states [Bm] away shivering through a dome six morning [A] of
no [G] money left and nothing else [D] still. _ _ _
And Lord only knows that I've had [Bm] my share.
There were years when I was ready [A] to die.
But it's [G] only been recently [D] that I've been willing to live.
_ [A] And I swear [G] to God I [D] didn't plan [Em] for things to end up this [A] way.
I [Bm] had a teenager's [G] conviction that I would be different.
Oh [A] yeah.
I was gonna be real different than the [D] person I became.
I always wanted to [G] die young.
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_ [D] _ [Em] I always wanted [G] to die young.
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_ [D] _ [Am] Now I feel younger [G] every day and I just hope I die younger [D] than I am.
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_ _ [Bm] But now living's a [G] struggle.
Except when it isn't, yeah.
[Bm] I woke up this [G] morning and I [D] wasn't in prison.
But I [Bm] can't promise that I far from it.
[G] I still kill a man for [D] a cigarette.
But with [Bm] friends like you who needs [G] a homicide. _
[D] So the song goes out to all [G] our homies locked down.
[Bm] Come on back now we [G] need you around.
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That [Bm] judge he doesn't know what he's done.
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That judges never know the things [G] they do.
[D] How could they?
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