28

	  		 

Intro: G 


Verse 
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Jim Morrison, Miami County Prison, 
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lookin' out the window at the barbed wire fence 
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Singing "This ain't for me, this rock and roll scene. 
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I should be writing poetry on a farm out in France. 


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Cause I can't see through the darkness. I can't feel no pain. 
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Seems you lose your spark when you achieve your fame. 
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I could start it all over, I could escape. 
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If I could only make it to 28 
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If I could only make it to 28. 



Verse 
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Janis Joplin, one foot in the coffin. 
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Left that field a-rockin' as she walked on out the door. 
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She put her head in her hands, she said "I've given all I can. 
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I drain myself for these fans. I ain't never been this dry before. 

 
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But Imma move out of this Chelsea Hotel, stop drinking all the time. 
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Stop blowin' Leonard Cohen and listening to him whine. 
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Cause I know I am beautiful, I will prove it someday. 
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If I could only make it to 28. 
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If I could only make it to 28. 



Verse 
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And Kurt Cobain sat in his shed in the rain, 
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stomach full of pain, eyes growin' dark. 
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He said "I'm losing control. I oughta move down to San Francisco, 
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light candles at all of my shows and switch to acoustic guitars. 


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Cause this world don't need no more tension and hate. 
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Needs a reason for these kids to stand up and create. 
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And I could pull this trigger, or I could just walk away, 
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if I could only make it to 28. 
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If I could only make it to 28. 
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If I could only make it 
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If I could only make it.