Key: A
Introduction:
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Been beaten up and chewed on and spat out cold.
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Short changed underpaid and over sold,
D A
Some people say I?ve been the victim of my own success,
E A
I can?t explain it I?m just lucky I guess
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I played the game for what it was and got hung out to dry,
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They through me to the lions for telling a lie
D A
The way that people talk to you though, I could have hung for less
E A
But don?t blame me boy I?m just lucky I guess
D
She backs me and I?ll build her a boat
D
Throw me overboard and I swear that id float
D E
There?s nothing you can do to me that I haven?t done to myself
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I?ve been in the trenches with the pimps and the thefts.
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I?ve waded through the mud till it was up to my knees
D A
I?ve seen thing that would make the laughing cavalier depressed
E A
But the way I see it I?m just lucky I guess
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I?ve meet every sweet talking judge in this town
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They never love it more than when there sending you down
D A
Now I?m just another number doing time with the rest
E A
Me and my friends are just lucky I guess
D
I anit goanna cry no more tears anymore
D
There?s nothing you can show me I anit seen before
D E
Down in the brown patch is where I was born and raised
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Been uptown in this-week?s great white hope
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Ive been strung along and always given just enough rope
D A
I?ve done what I was told, done my best to please
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Now when they see me they don?t ever lie to me