Intro: C F C
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Am G4(6) F
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Verse 1:
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With his back against the San
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Francisco traffic
G4(6) G7
On the bridges side that faces towards
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The jail
Am G4(6) F
Setting out to join a demographic
C F
He hoists his first leg up over the
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Rail
C F
A phone call's made, police cars show
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Up quickly
G4(6) G7 C
The sergeant slams his passenger door
Am G4(6)
He says, Hey son why don't you talk
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Through this with me
C F
Just tell me what you're doing it for
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Am C
Oh, it's a little bit of everything
Am Em
It's the mountains, it's the fog
F C
It's the news at six o'clock
G4(6) G7
It's the death of my first dog
C F
It's the angels up above me
C C/B Am
It's the song that they don't sing
G4(6) G7 C
It's a little bit of everything
Verse 2:
C F
There's an older man who stands in a
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Buffet line
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He is smiling and he's holding out his
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Plate
Am G4(6)
And the further he looks back into his
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Timeline
C F
That hard road always led him to
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Today
C F
Making up for when his bright future
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Had left him
G4(6) G7
Making up for the fact that his only
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Son is gone
Am G4(6)
And letting everything out once, his
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Server asks him
C F
Have you figured out yet, what it is
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You want?
Am C
I want a little bit of everything
Am Em
The biscuits and the beans
F C
Whatever helps me to forget about
G4(6) G7
The things that brought me to my
Knees
C F
So pile on those mashed potatoes
C C/B Am
And an extra chicken wing
G4(6) G7 C
I'm having a little bit of everything
Verse 3:
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Somewhere a pretty girl is writing
Invitations
G4(6) G7
To a wedding she has scheduled for the
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Fall
Am G4(6)
Her man says, Baby, can I make an
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Observation?
C F
You don't seem to be having any fun at
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All
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She said, You just worry about your
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Groomsmen and your shirt-size
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And rest assured that this is making
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Me feel good
Am G4(6)
I think that love is so much easier
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Than you realize
C F
If you can give yourself to someone
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Then you should
Am C
Cause it's a little bit of everything
Am Em
The way you joke, the way you ache
F C
It is getting up before you
G4(6) G7
So I could watch you as you wake
C F
So on the day in late September
C C/B Am
It's not some stupid little ring
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I'm getting a little bit of
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Everything
Am C
Oh, it's a little bit of everything
Am Em
It's the matador and the bull
F C
It's the suggested daily dosage
G4(6) G7
It's the red moon when it's full
C F
All these psychics and these doctors
C C/B Am
They're all right and they're all
Wrong
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It's like trying to make out every
Word
C Am
When they should simply hum along
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It's not some message written in the
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Dark
C C/B Am
Or some truth that no one's sees
G4(6) G7 C
It's a little bit of everything