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[Verse 1]
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Well I hide behind my guitar like a sparrow in the night
G D
Hopin' I might fly away anew
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Cause they'll love you when you're wrong and then leave you when you're right
G D
Tell me baby, what's a boy to do
G D C
Well I came to town a stranger not knowin' how to act
G D
Figured I'd hang out and just get found
G D C
Made me some new friends, they climbed way on up my back
G D
Been gone so long they ain't comin' down
C
You can kiss the sky good morning
G
You can say your prayers at night
G C
Hide your soul way down in your shoes
C
But it's the same old scene
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Borrowed love and faded dreams
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And you just can't run from those Arkansas blues
[Verse 2]
G D C
Well time is playin' tricks on me, makes me think I'm movin' fast
G D
I don't think I'm movin' at all
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And every single stranger's face I see reminds me of the past
G D
Come on big and leave you feelin' small
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So I took to drinkin' liquor on the other side of town
G D
Way up in those woods, beside the moon
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Where every graceful dream I had got lost without a sound
G D
Tell you what, I can't leave this place too soon
[Chorus 2]
C
And it don't take no rhyme or reason
G
It don't make no sense at all
G C
Just one of those things that you don't choose
C
It's the same old scene
G G/F# Em
Broken hearts and busted strings
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And you just can't run from those Arkansas blues
[Verse 3]
G D C
Well everybody's askin' questions 'out whose side you're on
G D
I don't see how it matters much to me
G D C
And all these midnight celebrations that are ended by the dawn
G D
Leave you feelin' low as you can be
G D C
So I'm leavin' town this morning, gonna lighten up my load
G D
See if I can't lose what I have found
G D C
And it's one drink for the memories and one kiss for the road
G D
Aw, look out, I believe I'm Texas bound
[Chorus 3]
C
California, Oklahoma
G
Arizona, Tennessee
G C
I've been all around this land to pay my dues
C
High, low and right behind me
G G/F# Em
Wherever I go they find me
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And I just can't run from those Arkansas blues
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And I just can't run from those Arkansas blue
