Six String Cifras

[Verse 1]
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Well he's driving down the 61 in early July
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Don't got no destination cuz the driving gets him high
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He's gotta flask in his pocket and a bottle waiting for him in the sky
 
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He don't believe in jesus christ he says that's for fools
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He'd rather be out smoking dope and breaking some rules
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He says you only live once so what the hell does he gotta loose
 
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Now he's half through Wisconsin and he's running outta whiskey
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Gotta make a quick stop making sure that he gets tipsy
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He's only 19 and burning a big hole in his wallet
 
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He says I gotta make some money but he ain't gotta clue
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On the street playing that old six string strumming out some 12 bar blues
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His hats gettin full he thinks hey I should do this full time
 
 
[Chorus]
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Well his parents always said you'll have to change your ways
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Just wait till you get older and you'll see it someday
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But he didn't hear a single thing he was saying
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(Over that six string)
 
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Cuz in one ear and right out of the other
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They said when you get older you'll be living in a shelter
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But they didn't hear the way that he played
 
 
[Hook]
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That beat up six string
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He loved that six string
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He called Lucy
 
 
[Verse 2]
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He settles down in Memphis when he hits Tennessee
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He meets a pretty young thang says her name is Jolene
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She looks good in that dress but he thinks it'll look better on the floor
 
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Back to her house she says hey what's that
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He says what do you mean she says that six string in the back
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He says well that's nothing but my pride and joy
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(And job)
 
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He's still in Tennessee three long months later
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He's living in her house but he thinks that he hates her
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Cuz he's gettin tired of the same damn old thing
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(Over and over)
 
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He says sorry Jolene I think I gotta go
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She said what do you mean I thought this was your home
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And he said no Jolene you just don't understand
 
 
[Hook]
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My homes my six string
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I love my six string
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I call Jolene
 
 
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
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Now he's 23 he's heading down to Louisiana
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He meets a new girl this time her names Roxana
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And she ain't making it easy for him and he likes to chase
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(Her down)
 
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2 years later and he thinks he really loves her
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That chase must've been worth it cuz now he's met her mother
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And Roxana always asks him to play that song he said he wrote her
 
 
[Hook]
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On that beat up six string
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He loves that six string
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He called Roxanne
 
 
[Chorus]
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Well his parents always said you'll have to change your ways
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And now that he's older he's seeing that day
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Even though when he was younger didn't hear a thing they were saying
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(Over that six string)
 
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Cuz in one ear and right outta the other
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Now he's gotta girl he doesn't want a life without her
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Now they're finally hearing the way that he plays
 
 
[Hook]
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That beat up six string
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He loves that six string
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It saved him from a grave
 
 
[Outro]
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