Peaked Cifras

[Spoken Intro]
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I never saw myself playing music in front of people,
let alone for a living. But I was studying abroad in Estonia,
folks started listening to me practice.
Then one night, I got called up to play a few songs at a concert I was at,
and that seemed to go pretty well.
Then that next week, I got a call from a fashion designer.
She asked me to play for a show that Friday. So I said yes, and it went like this:
 
[Verse 1]
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Well the first time I ever played for a dollar
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Was a lingerie fashion show
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There were people all around just bobbin' their heads
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With a smile and a look of hope
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As the girls walked straight and turned on the dime
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To the rhythm of a country rhyme
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I look back on all the times I ever played
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And think "Where the hell did I go wrong?"
 
[Chorus]
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Well I peaked the first show I ever played
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And I can't beat singin' Springsteen to get paid
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I got the words all wrong to every damn song
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I was lookin' at the girls walkin' 'round in thongs
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Well I peaked the first show I ever played
 
[Verse 2]
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Well since then, I can't quite contend
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Although I played a hundred shows or more
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From Arkansas to Estonia
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And the New York City dance floors
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I've played for thousands of people in hundreds of places
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Earned my share of pennies too
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And I look back on all the times I ever played
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And think "Where the hell did I go wrong?"
 
[Chorus]
        D                A            D
Well I peaked the first show I ever played
              D             A                D
And I can't beat singin' Springsteen to get paid
           G                  A
I got the words all wrong to every damn song
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I was lookin' at the girls walkin' 'round in thongs
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Well I peaked the first show I ever played
 
[Solo]
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[Chorus]
        D                A            D
Well I peaked the first show I ever played
              D             A                D
And I can't beat singin' Springsteen to get paid
           G                  A
I got the words all wrong to every damn song
        D                                      G
I was lookin' at the girls walkin' 'round in thongs
 D                A            D
Well I peaked the first show I ever played
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Well I peaked the first show I ever played
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