Tom: F
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I was born in Nashville
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With a song in my head
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And it took me 20 years
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To get a guitar in my hands
[Verse 2]
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And now that I do
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I just want to sing it for you
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Like it's never been said to you
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Or there is nothing else that I know how to do
[Verse 3]
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I can't stop singing about
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All the things I've seen and heard
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With my head against her heart
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I couldn't make it work
[Verse 4]
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So now I walk the streets at night
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To say beneath her bedroom light
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Hold my breath as she walks by
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She asks me to live for her
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But I'll often wish to die
[Chorus]
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So I pray for an angel on it's way
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To comb her hair as she washes her face
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Oh I pray for an angel on it's way
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To tuck her in and keep her sane
[Break]
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[Verse 5]
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The older you get the more you cry
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The more you understand those awful crimes
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It's got me every evening just hoping to die so
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Every morning I thank God that I'm alive
[Chorus]
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So I pray for a song it's way
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To cure your ills and heal the lame
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So I pray for a song on it's way
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To take shape and replace our shame
