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VERSE:
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Philosophers and poets
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And songwriters too
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Have told stories through the ages
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'Bout what friends can do to you
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Their envy and betrayal
D F
Can drive a man to drink
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It can land a man in jail
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And that is why I think
CHORUS:
C F
All my best friends are behind bars
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Sometimes, we take things a bit too far
C
I don't mean they're bad men
F
Please don't take it wrong when I say
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All my best friends are behind bars
VERSE:
C
I've spent the better part of my adult life
F
Fightin' with best friends and arguin' with wives
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And tryin' to convince some judge I'm just misunderstood
C
Then a bartender showed me the secret to life
F
Was a smooth sippin whiskey and a handful of ice
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Since then, it's been downhill life's been good
CHORUS:
C F
And that's why all my best friends are behind bars
G7 C G7
Sometimes, we take things a bit too far
C
But most of them are top shelf
F
Which makes me a little higher my own self and that's why
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All my best friends are behind bars
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BDA K:
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Jim and Jack, help me through hard times
C
Jose and I, we party till sunrise
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Johnny Walker helps me walk the line
CHORUS:
C F
And that's why all my best friends are behind bars
G7 C G7
Sometimes, we take things a bit too far
C
But most of them are top shelf
F
Which makes me a little higher my own self and that's why
G7 C G7
All my best friends are behind bars
OUTRO:
C
I don't mean they're bad men
F
Please don't take it wrong when I say
G7 C G7 C
That all my best friends are behind bars
