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Intro:
D D
Verse 1:
D
Up at 6,
Am7
Every day,
C
Punch the clock,
G
Draw my pay
D
It's a Union job,
Am7
And they’re hard to get,
C
But I’d leave today,
G
'Cause I never seemed to fit
Am C
I love the money, but I hate this town,
G
Every day I’m here,
G G
D Dm Am G D
'nother day in this big lonely city,
Am G
Another month, another year
D Am G F
It’s cost me more than this place will ever give me
Am
But here I am,
D Dm
Still here
Verse 1:
D
Stopped for gas,
Am
And a loaf of bread,
F
The man just laughed,
C G
Shook his head
D
“Where you from?”
Am
I heard him say.
F
I said, “Not from here,”
C G
Shut the door and walked away
Am C
Don’t fit in, but I won’t change,
G
It’s who I am,
G G Verse 2:
D
Look at me,
Am7
That's who I am,
F
Just no way
G
You'd understand
D
'Cause where I'm from,
Am7
Folks still speak,
F
They wave their hands
G
If they see you on the street
Am C
30 years and nothing to show,
G
Just a pension plan
G G G Pre-Chorus
Dm Am G D
Another day in this big lonely city,
Am G
Another month, Another year
D Am G F
It's cost me more than this place will ever give me
Am
But here I am,
D Am G D
Another day in this big lonely city,
Am G
Another month, Another year
Dm Am G F
Stole my life and one day it's gonna kill me
Am
But here I am,
Am D D
Still here
OUTRO:
D
Up at 6,
Am
Every day,
F
Punch the clock,
G
Draw my pay