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I was there the night they killed country music
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[Verse 1]
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Well, the bull was buckin' hard
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And the scene was so bizarre
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As a busload of tourists wandered in
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They'd never seen a wrench
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And most of them spoke French
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And they all got up to see if they could dance
[Verse 2]
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And up there on the stage
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A band called Prairie Sage
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Was tryin' to keep the old ways alive
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But the urbans, they wouldn't listen
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Well, they bought t-shirts and went pissin'
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Off all the locals for comin' to this dive
[Chorus]
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And I was there the night they killed country music
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I was sittin' on a barstool cryin' in my beer
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I was there the night they killed country music
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In one evenin', they destroyed the last fifty years
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Well, they all wore Calvin Kleins
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The hub there, tied behind
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The little golden coxcomb on the chain
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As I sat there on the back row
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Tryin' to hear the dobro
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I swear I heard one old-timer sang (Hear him sang!
[Chorus]
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I was there the night they killed country music
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I was sittin' on a barstool cryin' in my beer
G G7 C
I was there the night they killed country music
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In one evenin', they destroyed the last fifty years
[Outro]
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In one evenin', they destroyed the last fifty years
