Born A Man

	  		

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The dog's chasing buzzards' 
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shadows across the deck. 
E/F#                         Am7      
Carving circles in the sky with 
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bibs tied around their neck. 

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And the lake was once a desert 
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where the houseboat ran aground. 
E/F#                         Am7      
A bright florescent jet ski had to 
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tow us back to town. 
E/F#                         Am7      
A bright florescent jet ski had to 
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tow us back to town. 


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Startled by the paper 
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and its unfamiliar slang. 
E/F#                         Am7      
It said the local beauty pageant winner 
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had been born a man. 

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They chased her through the wheat field. 
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They stripped her of her crown. 
E/F#                         Am7      
Desperate just to get their dusty 
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seed into the ground. 
E/F#                         Am7      
Desperate just to get their dusty 
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seed into the ground. 

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And you say there's no one in this world 
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no one who's truly free. 
E/F#                         Am7      
Every single one of us a 
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kitten up a tree. 

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Except for maybe surfers 
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and porn stars by degree. 
E/F#                         Am7      
Well i wonder if she loves her work as 
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as much as you love me. 
E/F#                         Am7      
I wonder if she loves her work as 
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as much as you love me. 

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They drained the fluid nightly 
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but by dawn it's there again. 
E/F#                         Am7      
The head nurse recommended that you 
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count backwards from ten. 


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And those who are the most afraid 
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say courage is a sin. 
E/F#                         Am7      
We are just bracing for the impact by 
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loosening our limbs. 
E/F#                         Am7      
We are just bracing for the impact by 
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loosening our limbs.