Capo 2 is how its played live, sounds fine in standard.
one nine six nine
Intro (x4): On the C lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E on the D string
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press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast
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before the insignificant thought goes by
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there's one more slow song left to write for the record
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make all the metal heads cry
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throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking
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with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell
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when you live in the past there's one thing that will last
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it's resentment that time won't sit still
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the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny
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it'll separate a boy from a man
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you can buy every copy of your record with your money
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but you'd be your only fan
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if there's one thing my father said when he was younger
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to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son
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to want and to try is the difference why
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some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad
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sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early
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there's so much you thought that you knew
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while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame
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they'll soak up what's left of the pool
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while a kid in the corner becomes a savant
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no one will care til he's dead
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or he falls from his grace with it all over the place
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and a piece of it stuck in his head
Intro x4