Narrow Way

	  		

 


Intro: A Aadd4 A  A Aadd4 A  

Verse 1: 

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I'll go walk across the desert, until I'm by fried by fire. 
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I won't think about, what I left behind. 
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Another 'tracter in her way, I can call my own. 
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Go back home, leave me alone. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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D D4 D                       A Aadd4 A 
But I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 2:
 
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Ever since the critics burned the White House down, 
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There's a bleedin' wound in the heart of town. 
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I saw you drinkin' from an empty cup. 
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I saw you buried and I saw you you dug up. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 3:
 
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Look down angel from the skies, help my weary soul to rise. 
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I kissed the cheek, I dragged your plough. 
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You broke my heart, I was your friend until now. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 4: 

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In the courtyard of the Golden Sun. 
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You stand and fight, or you break and run. 
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You went and lost your lovely head, for a drink of wine and a crust of bread. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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D D4 D                       A Aadd4 A 
If I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 5:
 
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We looted and we plundered, long distant shores. 
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Why is my share not equal to yours? 
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Your father left you, your mother too. 
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Even death has, washed his hands of you. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 6:
 
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This is hard country, to stay alive in. 
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Blades are everywhere and they are breakin' my skin. 
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I'm armed to the hilt and I'm struggling' hard. 
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You won't get out, of here unscarred. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 7:
 
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You've got too many lovers, wailin' at the wall. 
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If I had a thousand tons, I couldn't count 'em all. 
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Yesterday, I could've put them all in the sea. 
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Today, even one, may be too much for me. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 8:
 
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Cake walkin' baby, you can do no wrong. 
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Put your arms around me, where they belong. 
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I want to take ya, on a rollercoaster ride. 
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Lay my hands all over ya.  Tie ya to my side. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 9:
 
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I got a heavy stacked woman, with a smile on her face. 
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And she is proud, my soul to grace. 
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I've saved her from an arrow, and pierced my chest. 
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I'm gonna have to take my head, and bury it between her breasts. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 10:
 
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'Been dark all night, but now it's dawn. 
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The moving finger is movin' on. 
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You can garden here, while I sleep. 
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Kiss away, the tears I weep. 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

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Verse 11:
 
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I love a woman, and she loves me. 
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We've been to the west and we're goin' back again. 
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I heard a voice, at the dusk of day. 
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Say "Be gentle brother. Be gentle and pray." 
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It's a long road, it's a long and narrow way, 
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                    A Aadd4 A 
I can't work up to you, you'll surely have work down to me some day. 

Outro: A Aadd4 A  A Aadd4 A