Born Lonesome

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[Hook]
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[Verse 1]
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The wind blew cold on that mountain
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On the night that I was made
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Pale moonlight poured on that cabin
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As shadows danced to a hoot owl's 
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serenade

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When that fire burned down to ashes
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Daddy stared out the window pane
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Momma knew without askin'
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Her travelin' man had no plans to 
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stay
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              N.C.
And his gypsy blood's a rushin' 
through my veins


[Chorus]
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I came out cryin', wailin' like an
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 old freight train
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               Am                 
Nurse tried to hold me but I just 
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pushed her away
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Momma took to prayin', doc said, 
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"He can't be saved
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Ma'am your baby boy's heart's 
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already broken"
      C    Am
I was born lonesome


[Solo]
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E7  G Em G Em G G  Am


[Verse 2]
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So girl try to forgive me
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If your goodbye don't send tears 
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down my face
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Whether you leave me tonight or stay
 here with me
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I'll wake up feeling empty either 
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way
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I'm at the mercy of my DNA


[Chorus]
           D       F              
I came out cryin', wailin' like an
             G
 old freight train
               Am                 
Nurse tried to hold me but I just 
G      Am   G   Am
pushed her away
              D            F      
Momma took to prayin', doc said, 
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"He can't be saved
           E7         G     
Ma'am your baby boy's heart's 
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already broken"
      C    Am
I was born lonesome


[Chorus] (drawn out and quite 
different from the others)
           D        Am G F D D Am
I came out cryin',
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 like an old freight train  (like an
 old freight train)
           Am
pushed her away (like an old freight
 train)
                Am
Nurse tried to hold me but I just 
pushed her away
              D            F   G
Momma took to prayin',
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doc said, "He can't be saved"  
(can't be saved)
                E7            G   
See girl, you  can't break a  
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heart already  broken
       C       Am     Am
I was  born  lonesome


[Other]
             E7            G   
No girl, you can't break a heart 
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already broken
      N.C.
I was born lonesome
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