Prodigal Blues

	  		Intro D  C  G  D  C  G  D 

Verse 1:
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Riding my life 
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Like a run-a-way train 
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Moving from one track to that 
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Howling, crying 
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Screaming at the moon 
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Only my voice came back 
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Only the echo came back 
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When I was a boy 
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Daddy told me Grow tall 
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Yes and, Billy, don't crawl" 
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Taught me how to ride 
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Set me out on my own 
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And I never came back
 

Bridge:
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And yes I'd do it again 
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Oh wouldn't you 
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Yeah I'd do it again 
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A-huh oh yeah 
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Do it again 
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Baby 
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Wouldn't you?
 

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Remember when I lied 
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Just when you needed me 
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Now I sit alone and cry 
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'Cause now I believe in mercy 
A               G 
Remember when I lied 
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Just when you needed me 
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I believe in mercy 


Verse 2:
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Riding walking 
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Looking so cool 
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Guess I crossed 
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Over the borderline 
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Treated like a dunce 
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Who just can't read 
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Did I fool me too?
 

Bridge:
D           C 
And yes I'd do it again 
G           D 
Oh wouldn't you 
D        C 
Yeah I'd do it again 
G             D 
A-huh oh yeah 
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Do it again 
G 
Baby 
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Wouldn't you? 

D         C     G 
Remember when I lied 
D             C      G 
Just when you needed me 
D         C          G 
Now I sit alone and cry 
C             G             D 
'Cause now I believe in mercy 
A               G 
Remember when I lied 
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Now that you needed me 
C  G          D 
I believe in mercy 
G   C         G 
Yes I believe in mercy 


( D  G  D  A  G  D ) 
( D  G  D  A  G  D ) 

Verse 3:
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I said "Come here" 
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Look into my face 
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And hear into my heart 
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Hesitation 
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Could re-arrange 
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The other side 
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To your love 
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Take hold now baby 
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And take what other 
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Lovers have not 
G         D 
Times is changing 
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Will they re-arrange 
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The other side to your love
 

Bridge:
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No-woah woah woah 
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Yeah 
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Wooooo 
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Come home
 

( D  Am  C  D  Am  C  D  Am ) 

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Here he is impatient one 
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Come home 
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Come home 
C        D 
Tell the story 

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Come home 
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Here he is 
C             D 
The impatient one 
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Come home 
D          G 
To claim a glory 
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Prodigal son 
D    C 
Come home 
C        D 
Prodigal bum 
D    G 
Come home 
A        D   A  C  D 
Prodigal son 
C        D 
Prodigal son 
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Come home 
C           G 
To claim a glory 
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Prodigal son 
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Come home 
C        D 
Prodigal son 
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Come home 
C       D 
Here he comes 
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Yeah that prodigal son 
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Ooooh 
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He's the one 
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To tell his story 
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C'mon to tell his story 
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Tell his story 
C            D 
To claim his glory