Am _ _ _
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Am _ _ _ _ .
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been for love.
Never would have called the train to Louisiana
F if it hadn't been for love.
A Never would have run through the blinding rain
F without one dollar to my name if it hadn't
E been, if it hadn't been
Am for love.
_ _ Never would have seen the trouble that I'm in if it hadn't been for love.
Would have been gone like a wave would
F wind if it hadn't been for love.
A Am Nobody knows it better than
F me, I wouldn't be wishing I was free if it hadn't been,
Em if it hadn't been for
Am love.
_ _
C _ .
G Fuck old walls
Am against
C my will, at
G least I know
Dm she's alive
Am and still.
C _ _
G Fuck old walls
C without _ parole, _
G Lord have
Dm mercy on
Am my soul.
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F _ _ _ _ .
Am _ _ _ _ _
G _ _
C _ .
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G _
Am _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ Never would have gone to that side of town if it hadn't
D been for love.
Am _ Never would have took a mind to track her
F down if it hadn't been
G for love.
Am Never would have loaded up a .44,.
F put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been,
E if it hadn't
G been
Am for love.
_
G _ .
C _
G Fuck old walls
C against my will, at least
G I know
Dm she's
Am alive and still.
_ _
C _
G Fuck old
C walls without parole, _ Lord
G have
Dm mercy on
Am my soul.
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Am _ _ _ _
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Am _ _ .
Never would have hitchhiked to Birmingham if it hadn't been
D for love.
Am _ .
Never would have called the train to
F Louisiana if it hadn't been for love.
Am Never would have loaded up
C a
F .
44,.
put myself behind a jailhouse door if it hadn't been,
Em if it hadn't been for
Am love.
_ _
F If it hadn't been,
E if it hadn't
C been for love.
_ _
G F If it hadn't been,
E if it hadn't been _ for
D _ .
love.
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