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Intro: (x3)
Cadd9 / Am
G7sus4 / Cadd2
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Grandpa, here's your coffee,
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Said Edith, as she filled his cup.
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Nobody'll find you here,
G7sus4 Cadd2
And Earl is glad you guys showed up.
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The way things are downtown,
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You might have to stay for a while,
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There was a helicopter hovering over your house
G7sus4 Cadd2
When I talked to your neighbor Kyle.
Cadd9 Am
Who the hell do they think they are,
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Invading our home like that?
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Grandma and I had to leave so fast,
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We couldn't even catch the cat.
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The helicopter scared the shit out of him,
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And it took off down the trail,
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Down past the railroad track,
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Towards the county jail.
BRIDGE 1:
Cadd9 / Am (x3)
G7sus4 / Cadd2
Cadd9 Am
Jed, you really screwed up now!
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What did you have to do that for?
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Everybody wants to hang your ass,
G7sus4 Cadd2
And here's a note from Lenore.
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Sun touched the cold steel bars
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As she pushed the paper in.
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Jed took it up and read it
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And he couldn't hide a grin.
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Outside the jail window
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A crow flew across the sky,
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Completely disappearing behind each bar,
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Then a helicopter flew by.
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Say hi to Earl and Edith.
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Tell 'em I'm doing fine.
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Tell 'em you're ready to leave home now,
G7sus4 Cadd2
They should cut the line.
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Can Grandma come and see me?
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I got a new song to sing
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It's longer than all the others combined
G7sus4 Cadd2
And it doesn't mean a thing.
BRIDGE 2: (x2)
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G7sus4 / Cadd2
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The noise was unfamiliar,
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Walkie-talkies squelled,
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Generators were running,
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Vans parked in the field.
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TV crews and cameras,
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They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch.
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They came through the gate and up on the lawn
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Knocking down Edith's Tiki Torch.
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And Grandpa saw them there,
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Looking through the venetian blind.
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Those people don't have any respect,
G7sus4 Cadd2
So they won't get any of mine.
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I ain't wanna talk about Jed.
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I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9.
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I don't have time to talk that fast,
G7sus4 Cadd2
And it ain't my crime.
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It ain't an honor to be on TV
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And it ain't a duty either.
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The only good thing about TV
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Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver'.
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Shows with love and affection,
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Like Mama used to say.
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A little Mayberry living
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Could go a long way.
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He took Earl's gun down from the closet,
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Loaded up both barrels.
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Went out on the porch and fired 'em off,
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And up walked a woman named Carol.
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Susan Carol from Early Magazine,
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I got some questions to ask.
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Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine!
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Grandpa said with a gasp.
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Then he fell face first and let out a sigh,
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Edith came out in shock.
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Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor,
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he looked like he was trying to talk.
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That guy just keeps singin'!
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Can somebody shut him up?
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I don't know for the life of me
G7sus4 Cadd2
Where he comes up with this stuff.
BRIDGE 3: (x3)
Cadd9 / Am
G7sus4 / Cadd2
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They laid his head on a newspaper
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With a picture of Carmichael on the front page,
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Posing with the little league baseball team,
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And a seedy shot of Jed with a motorcycle.
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Grandpa died like a hero,
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Fighting for freedom of silence,
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Trying to stop the media,
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Trying to be anonymous.
BRIDGE 4: (x2)
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G7sus4 / Cadd2
SOLO
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Share your loving and you live so long
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Share your loving and you live so long
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Share your loving and you live so long
G7sus4 Cadd2
Live so long