Between The Country

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[Verse 1]
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They got the farmhouse burning, 
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watched it burn to the ground
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Smoke filled the horizon just, 
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two miles from town
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There was no need to worry, there
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 was no one who'd care
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It was a dog den where good men 
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were rare.


[Verse 2]
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With the wheels on the highway 
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through the cold autumn rain
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Out came the pistols and a book 
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full of names
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Thumbing each one who'd sing out
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 the words
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Facing hard time is an old junkie 
      Am
curse.


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[Chorus]
   F       G         Am
On down between the country,
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Where deer lay, along the road,
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On down between the country,
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Where a long life is a blessed 
         Am    Am
one, I'm told


[Verse 3]
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When they caught up with Henry, he 
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was out in his yard
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Splitting that beechwood before 
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the winter hit hard
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Laid a bullet in his back, 
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watched him drop like a rock
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And come to rest 'cross that old 
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chopping block.


[Verse 4]
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Anne Carol ran the uppers from the
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 laundry downtown
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Played online poker when there was
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 no one around
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And except for a few strays in the 
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dead parking lot
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Not a soul heard the thud or the 
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shot.


[Chorus]
   F       G         Am
On down between the country,
      F       G           Am
Where deer lay, along the road,
   F       G          Am
On down between the country,
        F              G          
Where a long life is a blessed 
         Am    Am
one, I'm told