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   Am..........| x-0-2-2-1-0 |
   C...........| x-3-2-0-1-0 |
   Cmaj9.......| x-2-0-0-1-0 |
   Am7.........| x-0-2-0-1-0 |

// Intro
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// Verse One
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   Once lived a man, high on a hill.
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   His wife and his children are livin there still;
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   he wasn't a man  of maaany    needs.
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   He worked so hard till the day that he was killed.
   
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   He moved to the town, where his mother was born.
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   He got on a train and his ticket was torn.
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   He found and he married the most beautiful girl.
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   But you better watch out she's an evil vain whore.

// Chorus One
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   And he said: no, no, no;    can't be true.
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   They said: aw my god. Y'don't know what that woman can do.
  
// Bridge
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// Verse Two
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   Look at her eyes; they're magic i swear.
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   Her wet country lips and her long brown hair.
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   The way she rolls her pants up when she's walking through the stream.
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   The way she holds a knife when she's slicing a pear.

   And they said:
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   She might look perfect but she'll bring you grief.
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   She's done it before yeah, she's done it to me.
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   When she was young, she was left on the steps of a church.
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   But nobody would take her, not even the priest.

// Chorus Two
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   He said: no, no, no;   it cannot be true.
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   But they said: aw my god. Y'don't know what that woman can do.
   
// Verse Three
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   On his birthday, on may the fifth;
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   his family gathered around the kitchen and they gave him a gift.
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   His children handed him a maaandolin
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   and he blew out the candles and she gave him one last kiss.

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   She said follow me and she took him to the bar,
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   tied him up with ropes around his arms.
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   she poured a bucket of gaasoooline
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   and she tossed her cigarette and ran, waited for the fire alarm.

// Chorus Three
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   And he screamed: No, no, no; Oh no it cant be true,
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   But I'm starting to believe oooOoo what this evil woman can do.

// Verse Four
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   Because you don't listen this is what you get.
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   She told everybody it was an accident.
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   But a couple of nights ago we all heard her confess,
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   to somebody in a bathroom while we listened through the vent

// Outro
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