Chords for Slate

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Worn out joke, [A] keep the flies away. _ _ _
Carried it [G] this far. _ _
[E] West side winds, [D] keep it steady.
_ _ _ [A] _ Bury the [G] hatchets we find.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
Could carry that heavy [D] load. _ _
_ [A] _ I really thought [G] it would matter.
[E] _ _ _ _ Farcical [A] hair appears.
_ _ [E] _
The blind side, _ [A] _ clean [D] the slate.
_ [E] Working in the [D] halls of shame.
_ [E] _ [G] Lay it down in full view.
[Em] Lay it down. _ _ _ _
What the hell were [D] we thinking? _
_ _ [A] _ For the fire [G]
burned out.
_ _ [E] _ _ Can't find [D] you now.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ Didn't know [G] you then. _
[E] _ _ _ _ Loneliness [D] drinks the bitters.
_ _ [A] _ The cold winds, [G] _ warm [D] again.
[E] The feel _ _ [A] for the game.
_ [E] _ Mouth open wide.
[A] _
_ [D] Screams and hollers.
_ [Em] Working in the [D] halls of shame.
_ [E] _ [G] Lay it down in full view.
Lay [Em] it down. _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Gambled once and won, [D] never made a dollar.
_ _ [A] _
Beauty fades [G] to gray. _ _
[E] _ _ Pray the very best [D] will guard her and [A] _ _ _
provide.
[G] _ The way [D] _ [E] is a telltale _ [A] _ _ sign. _
_ [E] _ This chair is up.
[A] _ _
Time to go.
_ [E] _ Working in the halls [D] of shame.
_ _ [G] Lay it down in full view.
[Em] Lay it down. _
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