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Introduction: E B7 E
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All my life I've heard about hard depression days
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They so resemble times we're living now
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And old news of yesteryear sounds like yesterday
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And hunger lines always look the same somehow
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Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine
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A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime
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And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind
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Are we living now or nineteen-twenty nine
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Old songs tell about the way it was back then
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I think I've sung 'em all from time to time
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It looks like we are headed for the same old fall again
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But a hard depression blues would sure do fine
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Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine
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A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime
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Tricks are sometimes played upon the mind
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Is it really now or nineteen-twenty nine
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The devil's changed the candy flavor some
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Somehow we've gone to drugs instead of wine
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But old Skid Row is still alive with the demon rum
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Is it the eighties now or 1929?
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Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine
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A dollar bill ain't worth one thin dime
E A E
And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind
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Is it really now or nineteen-twenty nine