DD/ED/F#G x2
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They can’t take it from me if they tried
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I lived through those early days
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So many times I had to change the pain to laughter
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Just to keep from getting crazed
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Dressed in black from head to toe, two guitars across our backs
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We would walk the city roads
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Seeking someone who would listen to the music
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That we were writing down at home
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But they can’t take it from me if they tried
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I lived through those early days
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So many times I had to change the pain to laughter
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Just to keep from getting crazy
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Hair slicked back with Vaseline like the pictures on the wall
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Of the local record shop
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Hearing noises we were destined to remember
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We willed the thrill to never stop
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Made sweet memories of friends from the past
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Always come to you when you look for them
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And your inspiration, long may it last
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May it come to you time and time again
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Now everybody seems to have their own opinion
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Of who did this and who did that
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But as for me I don’t see how they can remember
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When they weren’t where it was at
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And they can’t take it from me if they tried
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Cause I lived through those early days
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So many times I had to change the pain to laughter
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Just to keep from getting crazed
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I lived through those early days
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I lived through those early days
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