Break It To Them Gently

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Break it to them gently when you 
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tell my mom and dad
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When you see my baby sister, be as 
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kind as you can
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Break it to my grandma, said that 
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boy's wild and bad
                   Bm
Break it to them gently when you 
tell ?em
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That I won't be coming home again

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Cause I'm runnin? with a gun and it
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 isn't any fun as a fugitive
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Fightin' for my life and I don't 
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know if I'll make it alone
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Runnin' with a gun and it isn't any
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 fun as a fugitive
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God I wanna go home, lord I wish I 
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was home

D  A  D

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When you see my lady with the 
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twinkle in her eyes
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Tell it to her softly and hold her 
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if she cries
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Tell her that I love her and I will
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 till the day I die
                Bm
Tell it to her gently when you tell 
her
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That I won't be coming home again

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E                       A
I got in too deep with strangers
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Thinkin? they could help me find my 
A
way
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Nobody warned me of the dangers
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And it?s always the young and 
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foolish that have to pay

                    A              
So break it to them gently when you
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 tell my mom and dad
                  Bm             
Thank them for the good years and 
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all the lovin' that I had
                A                  
Break it to my grandma who said the
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 boy is wild and bad
                 Bm
Break it to them gently when you 
tell them
       E                    A
That I won't be coming home again

   D                               
I'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't
              A
 any fun as a fugitive
D                              
Fightin' for my life and I don?t 
                         A
know if I'll make it alone
D                                 
Runnin' with a gun and it isn?t 
           A
any fun as a fugitive
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Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna 
      A
go home

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You gotta break it to them gently
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Break it to them gently
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You gotta break it to them gently
                        A
Gotta really try to roll 'em
You gotta break it to them gently
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Gotta really try to sooth them
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Gotta really try to sooth them
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Gotta really try to roll them
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You gotta roll it to my mother
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Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta 
roll the old lady
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Roll it to my mother
A
Roll it to my mother and roll the 
old lady
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Roll it to my grandma
       A
She's damn near eighty, roll the old
 lady
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Roll it to my mother
A
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the
 old lady
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Roll it to my mother
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My sister and my mother and roll the
 old lady
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Roll it to my grandma
      A
She's damn near eighty, roll the old
 lady...