Tom: A
A D
We got old time bars still standing on downtown city streets
E A
Old ladies serving drinks inside with no color in their cheeks
A D
Listening to a Haggard song you can put your old blue collar on
A E A
Old Milwaukee on Christmas Eve it's hard to believe
D
Street girls hop from foot to foot, trying to keep warm
E A
Trying to pay down a few bills before the next big storm
D
On a corner, trembling in the wind, amazed at the mess they're in
A E A
Wipin' their noses on their sleeve it's hard to believe
D
I swore I'd leave the day they knocked that old smokestack down
E A
There's a guy I need to talk to before I quit this town
D
Drivin' past the prison yard still got my old Teamsters card
A E A
Still hopin' on my reprieve it's hard to believe
Bridge:
D A
When I looked into her smiling eyes I saw a dream so fine
E A
Like the Spirit of Chicago on a lonesome old railroad line
D F#m
I would have gone with her that day I just watched her as she drove away
E A
I guess one of us had to leave it's hard to believe
Solo
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A D
Here comes another blown up kid from over there
E A
Making the whole world safe for the millionaires
D
Same old swindle hides behind a fresh new coat of lies
E A
This is no time to be naive it's hard to believe
A D
We got old time bars still standing on downtown city streets
E A
Old ladies serving drinks inside with no color in their cheeks
A D
Listening to a Haggard song you can put your old blue collar on
F#m E D
It's another New Years Eve it's hard to believe
A A
It's hard to believe
