If He Came Back Again

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You'd have thought a king had died,  

The way those people cried  
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Instead of one more broken entertainer  
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It struck those in his trade  

He could have had it made  
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If he'd only been a little saner  
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  They traveled far to see him  
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Oh, the humble and the high  
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They said goodbye as if he were a friend  

      A  
Now somewhere he is smiling  
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On those who idolized him  
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But would they even recognize him  
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If he came back again?  

D  
He was born of modest means  

But had outrageous dreams  
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They never let him rest  
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Till he fulfilled them  
While he rode that train of song  
His devils tagged along  
      G  
The whiskey and the pills  
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Just couldn't kill him  
           A  
He didn't mean to be a rebel  
          D             G  
Ah, the real ones never do  
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They're born apart from ordinary men  

      A  
And somewhere he is smiling  
     D            G  
On those who sanctified him  
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But would they even recognize him  
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If he came back again?  

         A  
It's an old familiar story  
             D                  G  
But it's a damn shame none the less  
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They don't forgive his kind  
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Till they lay them down to rest  

A  
And somewhere he is smiling  
     D           G  
On those who idolized him  
      A               Bm       A  
But would they even recognize him  
                  D  
If he came back again?  

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Oh, if he came back again