Tom: D
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[Verse 1]
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I thought that my first love would be my wife
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but in junior high she moved away from here.
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And I thought Johnny would always be my best friend,
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I haven't talked to him in fifteen years.
[Pre-Chorus]
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Back when I had those fights with my old man,
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I never thought he'd be an old man.
[Chorus]
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And I didn't know all those years ago
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how the years would go flying by.
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Thought I knew it all but I was wrong
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and I didn't know, I didn't know it at the time.
[Verse 2]
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I never thought good jobs were hard to find
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'til I let my pride cost me one.
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I never thought my whole life would change
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'til I heard the doctor say I had a son.
[Pre-Chorus]
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I never really thought that I was lost
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'til I heard my dying mother sing 'Old Rugged Cross'.
[Chorus]
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And I didn't know all those years ago
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how the years would go flying by.
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Thought I knew it all but I was wrong
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and I didn't know, I didn't know it at the time.
[Outro]
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Oh, I thought I knew it all, oh, but I was wrong
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and I didn't know, I didn't know it at the time.
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I didn't know, didn't know, didn't know
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I didn't know, oh, I didn't know.
