Oh Abraham

INTRO: C   F  C   F   Am  G  F 

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I see a penny and I pick it up
                          F      
If not the money, I could use the 
       G
luck
                            F      
And if it's face down then I turn 
        G
it over
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Head for Wood Avenue, between Inman
     G    C
 and New Dover
        F             C   F   C
Back in my home town


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Gas is cheaper where I'm from, but 
    C
the
               F       C
Driving's not so good
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People go and stay where they should
 not
          C                   F   
And they don't do it like I would
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PD-C HORUS:
                F               G
Work is not the same as before
              F    G           C 
More software hands in the 
         F
hardware store__
        C         F      Am
Yeah, yeah, hmmm, hmmm


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CHORUS:
         G                       
Oh, Abraham look at all the money 
  F
now
                G       F
Oh, Abraham goodnight
                          G        
It's your party, but I'll cry if I 
         F
want to

I wouldn't care how much they have
                             C     
If they would only do what's right
 F   C   F   C



                F               C
I was born by a Kerouac stream
              F         C
Under Eisenhower skies
                     F          C
They saw freedom as a big idea
                           F      G
Now it was right before my eyes


PD-C HORUS:
                        F        
They say Jack helped to build the 
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Pentagon
                                  F
And Ike built the interstate that 
      G       C   F
we are off and on___
         C        F      Am
Off and on, hmmm, hmmm


CHORUS:
           G                    
Oh, Abraham was it all about the 
             F
money then
                G       F
Oh, Abraham goodnight
                          G        
It's your party, but I'll cry if I 
         F
want to

All moneyed up and charmed with 
might
                             C     
So we are right, we're always right
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BRIDGE:
C
We're right, they're wrong
    F
Let them get their own song
C
We're right, they're wrong
    F                    C    F   C
Let them get their own song


                   F            C
I see a penny and I pick it up
                       F           
Ninety-nine more and I have a buck
 C

                      G
Abe, you were born in old Kentuck'
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But we still miss you here