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Gm-F-Dm
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Gm When I was a boy there were fifteen a-people in the world
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F Fifteen a-bound for Dm heaven, and Gm fifteen a-bound for hell
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Gm And the devil come 'round, yeah he jump on my bed
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Say you got to F leave me alone Dm you got to Gm give me some rest
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But I F gather my lead, and I Gm gather my spool
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And I F burn it all with sulphur 'til the C7 devil did what we Gm feared
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And we fly through the night, under the mercury moon
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So I could watch you sleep and dream a-in your room
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When I was a boy, a-there were fifteen people in the world
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I had a bowl for my sweetheart, and a fiddle to raise the devil from hell
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I could play a swwet tune, or make my sweetheart laugh
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I could shake a blackbird from the highest tree branch
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I was half a boy, I was half a Jack
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Jimmy? Donner? was full of man, most of which is bad
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You know he shot a man that had my father's face
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And he geld a woman down who had my sister's name
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When I was a boy, a-there were fifteen people in the world
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And the lovers would lie in the long tall grass by the railroad track
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And the Angels come down, they make the rails to sing
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I put my ears to the tracks, and they tell me things
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That a train would come with a fiery roar
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Reeks in heaven into hell into a long black trail of smoke
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And the earth would shake with the escaping steam
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And the train would make a thunder to drown out any scream
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Hmmm, hmmm
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Hmmm, hmmm
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Hmmm, hmmm
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Hmmm, hmmm
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When I was a boy, a-there were a-fifteen people in the world
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A-fifteen bound for heaven, and fifteen bound for hell
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And the lovers would lie in a box o' pine
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And the doctor come 'round, to flick coins on their eyes
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I'm a preacher man now, I've got my place on Earth
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'Cause I have heard the voices from beyond this world
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I'm a preacher man now, I've got my place in hell
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'Cause I have heard the voices no man should live to tell
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'Cause I have heard the voices no man should live to tell
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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huh-huh, huh-huh
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Gm
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Fiddle
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| Cracker |
