Bitter Old Man Cifras

[INTRO]
D G A G
 
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I was born a bitter old man who got his heart broken in Catalonia, 1936.
                      D                                      G
Things haven’t felt right since. So I gave up on life before you arrived, 
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I knew this place wasn’t safe for anyone but fascists and republicans and their apologists. 
A              G              D             Em            A
But I swear to god, I’m gonna die full of naive optimism; a teenager’s heartbreaking conviction 
G                                                                 A
that things could be different, oh yeah, things are gonna be real different when we’re finished
        D
around here. 
 
         Em            G      A
I always wanted to die young; 
D        Em            G      A
I always wanted to die young; 
D        Em            G
I always wanted to die young; 
 
           A             Em                                        D G A G
Now I feel younger every day, and I just hope I die younger than I am. 
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I can hear you from a dozen states away 
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shivering through a dope sick morning of no money left and nothing else to steal. 
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And lord only knows that i’ve had my share, 'cause hell, there were years when I was ready to die! 
                  G                        D
But it’s only been recently that I’ve been willing to live. 
A               G             D                  Em             A
I swear to god, I didn’t plan for things to end up this way. 
                            G
I had a teenager’s conviction that I would be different. 
         A                                             D
Oh yeah, I was gonna be real different than the person i became. 
 
         Em            G      A
I always wanted to die young; 
D        Em            G      A
I always wanted to die young; 
D        Em            G
i always wanted to die young; 
 
           A             Em                                        D G A G
Now i feel younger every day, and i just hope I die younger than I am.  
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But now living’s a struggle, except when it isn’t yeah, 
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I woke up this morning and, I wasn’t in prison. 
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But I can’t promise that i’m far from it, 
 
I'd still kill a man for cigarette.
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But with friends like you, who needs homicide? 
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So this song goes out to all our homies locked down! 
D       A                     G
Come on back now, we need you around. 
D              A                      G
That judge, he doesn’t know what he’s done. 
D          A                          G
Nah, judges never know the things they do. How could they?!
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