38 Years Old Chords by The Tragically Hip

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[Am] _ 12 men broke [C] loose in [G] 73
[D] From [Am] Mill Haven, [C] Maximum _ [G] Security
[D] And your picture's [Am] lined [C] up across [G] the front page
[Am] Seems the man has had a [C] summertime long [G] wait
[Am] But a chief [Dm] don't leave a [C] lick, nothing [G] to feed
[Am] The last thing you wanna [C] do is hang [G] around here
[Am] The most came [C] from town from a long friend's name
[Am] But one of the dozen [C] was a [G] hometown shame
[C] Same [G] pattern on the table, [A] same clock on the wall
[C] Been [G] one seat empty, [D] 18 [A] years now
[C] _ Freezing [G] slow, [A] time away from the world
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never kissed a girl
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, _ never [C] kissed a girl
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[C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] We're sitting round the table, heard the telephone [D] ring
[Am] Father [F] said he'd tell him [C] if he saw [G] anything
[Am] Heard [F] a tap from the window [C] in the middle of [G] the night
_ [Am] Held back the curtains [C] for my older [G] brother Mike
[Am] [A] See my sister got raped, [D] his own man got killed
[C] Lover boy went to prison, [G] man's buried [D] on the hill
[Am] Folks went back to normal [D] when they closed the case
_ [C] They still stare at the [D] shoes and the bass I play
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ mother cried the [C] horror finally [G] ceased
[Am] He whispered yeah, [C] all the time being [G] that lean
[Am] Low [Dm] on his [C] shoulders, squad car make a phone
[Am] Said let's go [Dm] Mike, [C] son, we're taking you home
Same [Bm] pattern on the table, [A] same clock on the wall
_ [C] [G] Been one seat empty, 18 [A] years now
[C] _ Freezing slow, [A] time away from the world
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never kissed a girl
[C] He's [D] 38 years [A] old, never kissed a [Dm] girl
[C] He's [G] 38 years [A] old, _ never [G] kissed a girl _ _
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