The Old Shade Tree

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I  hope none of you, think I'm cryin'
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As the sweat rolls down my face.

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I hope none of you, think I'm losin'
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as I'm lapping the guy in last place.

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I hope that one of you thanks me this winter
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For what some of you would hang me from now.
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cause today the sun kissed a layer of skin from your nose.
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 it's cause last night I chopped the old shade tree
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down, down

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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I guess none of you thought of its roots
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As the living dead trapped underground
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Or of the blizzard above or the hero I'd be
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Planting bonfires all around town.
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So as the frost licks the layer of skin off the nose
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Of your neighbor, remember who chopped the old shade tree
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down, down

[Outro]
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C       Eb/G         F/A       C
I hope that none of you, think I'm cryin'
       F/A   Fm            C
as the sweat rolls down my face.