Tom: Dm
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Wake well past midnight
C Dm
To the burden of bills
Bb F
And the screaming quiet
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We swam along just fine
C Dm
Then she broke her back
Bb F
And a bank broke mine
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Now I'm at the kitchen table putting numbers on the paper and dodging the mirror on the wall
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And I swear I'd drive til the sun gave light, I need just a little push is all
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And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise
[Verse 2]
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I was born by the book
C Dm
I keep my carpet clean
Bb F
And my money earned
Dm Bb F
Why is the TV man
C Dm
Always smiling at me
Bb F
I wonder who he burned
Bb F Dm Bb
How come everybody for the common man never looks quite like me
F A Dm
They're running on the sun with their shoes undone and they never seem to burn their feet
Bb F A Dm Bm F C Dm
And I'd build my boat so tall so wide, but I'm still waiting on the river to rise
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Bb F Dm Bb F Dm Bb F A Dm Bb F Dm
[Verse 3]
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Scratch tickets on my shelf
C Dm
Stains on my knees
Bb F
Pennies in my well
Dm Bb F
I got faith in faith
C Dm
Because the other choice
Bb F
Is no choice at all
Bb F Dm Bb
Now there's a man in the sky that I done right by and he ain't done right by me
F A Dm
And I never asked forgiveness for the things I done but you just wait and see
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I will build my boat so tall so wide and I won't be waiting on the river to rise
Bm F C Dm
No I won't be waiting on the river to rise
