Chords:
{t: Homeless}
{artist: Guy Clark}
{key: C}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQazOIZxZGo
{c: Thanks Don Routley}
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[C] [G] [Am] [F] [Dm] [C] [F] [G]
[C] Cardboard sign, [G] old and bent,
Says "[Am] Friend for life, [F] twenty five cents"
[Dm] When did this start [C] making sense;
[F] Man it's really getting [G] cold
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[C] Sometimes I forget things and I [G] get confused.
I could [Am] still be working but [F] they refuse.
[Dm] Now I'm living with the [C] bums and the whores and the [F] abused;
Man I hate [G] gettin' old
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[C] Homeless, get a-[G]way from here;
Don't [Am] give them no money they'll just [F] spend it on beer
[Dm] Homeless, will [G] work for food,
You'll [Am] do anything that you [F] gotta do,
When you're [C] homeless. [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]
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[C] Betty sings a song that [G] no one hears,
As the [Am] wind begins to [F] freeze her tears
[Dm] She says 'God, it's been [C] so many years',
She's [F] way past com-[G]plainin'.
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[C] She sings a heartfelt [G] melody,
[Am] One that begs for [F] harmony
[Dm] No, it's not what she [C] thought it would be,
But [F] hey, it could be [G] rainin'
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[C] Homeless, get a[G] way from here;
Don't [Am] give them no money they'll just [F] spend it on beer
[Dm] Homeless, will [G] work for food,
You'll [Am] do anything that you [F] gotta do,
When you're [C] homeless. [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]
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[C] You know life ain't easy, [G] it takes work,
[Am] It takes healin' 'cause you're [F] gonna get hurt.
[Dm] You can lose your faith, [C] you can lose your shirt,
[F] Lose your way some-[G]times
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Ah, [C] you never really [G] have control,
Some-[Am]times you just gotta [F] let it go
[Dm] When the final [C] line unfolds,
[F] It don't always [G] rhyme
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[C] Homeless, get a-[G]way from here;
Don't [Am] give them no money they'll just [F] spend it on beer
[Dm] Homeless, will [G] work for food,
You'll [Am] do anything that you [F] gotta do,
When you're [C] homeless. [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [C]
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[C] Homeless, get a-[G]way from here;
Don't [Am] give them no money they'll just [F] spend it on beer
[Dm] Homeless, will [G] work for food,
You'll [Am] do anything that you [F] gotta do,
When you're [C] homeless.
{eoc}
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[C] Cardboard sign, [G] old and bent,
Says "[Am] Friend for life, [F] twenty five cents" [C]
