Аккорды Ian Noe - Ballad Of A Retired Man

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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  He retired on a Wednesday
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  when the call came through.
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  Said so long to the highway
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  and that old blacktop crew.

[Verse 2]
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  Made his way to the mountains
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  where she was waiting up,
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  been 50 years and counting
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   banking more than luck.

[Verse 3]
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   They spent the night on the front porch
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  weighing every chance
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  He said that old clock's ticking,
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  better learn to dance.

[Verse 4]
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  They drove him out to the desert,
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  seeking nothing new.
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  He tried the cures in the valley
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  and religion, too.

{Verse 5]
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  He cursed the cold and the wood stoves
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  'Neath the church house vents.
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  He fought the heat and the horseflies
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  in revival tents.

[Verse 6]
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  And later on that winter
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  when it took its hold,
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  He saw the man in the mirror
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  beaten up and old.

[Verse 7]
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   And the kids came often,
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   and the grandkids, too.
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  Bringing all those groceries
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  crying "I love you."

[Verse 8]
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  They wiped the tears from their faces,
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  said "Tell me, what is wrong?"
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  I'm still the same old baby
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  stuck in Vietnam.

[Verse 9]
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  And gave way to the silence
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  and the chilly night.
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  That little house on Primrose
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  had never been so quiet.

[Verse 10]
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  They gathered 'round the bedside
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  speaking holy words.
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  They say the soul it lingers.
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  That's what I've always heard.

[Verse 11]
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  And he stared up through the ceiling
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  at the universe,
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  speeding past old memories
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  in a spirit hearse.

[Verse 12]
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  He rode the waves and the static
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  of their first T.V.
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  He saw the sounds of Fireline
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  and the great Ali.

[Verse 13]
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  And said, "I can feel it coming.
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  I'm a nervous wreck.
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  I wonder where I'm going?
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  I wonder what comes next?"

[Outro]
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