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[Verse 1]
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I know what it means to get knocked down drunk,
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I was lying in a bush by the coal,
           Am
where the river runs deep
        G
& the demons don't sleep
        D
& the water's obscured by the smoke.
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Well I drug myself to the river's edge
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& I drank like a dog on the sand.
    Am
It burned my tongue,
          G
my whole head gets spun
     D
& I stood on the stone
     D  
& I spoke to the wind and the rain.

[Bridge]
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[Chorus]
        Am                        D
Said I know what it means to get left for dead,
          Am                         D
when the saints rise up at the sound.
          Am
When the spirits don't move in
        G
their chains and the shoes
         D
& the crack of the guns all around.
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I know how it is to get all dressed up,
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where nobody would know where to go.
        Am
With a fifth in your vest,
          G
& some pills on your tongue
      D
& a gun looking out across
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
        Am
Well I preached to the bums
        D
and I preached to the birds
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til the crowd had started to form.
      Am
My disciples that came,
             G
through the wind and the rain
        D
& the rags in their jackets all torn.
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Well I prophesized of the things to come
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& I jumped like a bug on a wall,
        Am
til my head it was through
          G
with the river's strange brew
       D
& I sunk to my knees, in the breeze,
                     Am
& I started to pray,
            D
I said hey!
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You know I ain't got a dang thing to say,
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with a head full of booze and nothing to loose
        D
for a creature was made out of clay, hey!

[Bridge]
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[Chorus]
        Am                        D
Said I know what it means to get left for dead,
          Am                        D
when the saints rise up at the sound.
          Am
When the spirits don't move in
        G
their chains and the shoes
         D
& the crack of the guns all around.
   Am                   D
I know how it is to get all dressed up,
        Am                         D
where nobody would know where to go.
        Am
With a fifth in your vest,
          G
& some pills on your tongue
      D
& a gun looking out across
the Valley of the Shadow below, oh.