F    133211
C    x32010
Dm   xx0231
Bb   x13331 (x1333x)
Eb7  6656xx
G    320001 (320033)

[Verse]
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Sittin in this lonely town wonderin when things are going to change
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Dreamin my life away and it seems them dreams have
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turned into a bunch of dust clouds
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Gettin my nerve up, but my past is pullin me down
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Wonderin how long this black sheep can stick around

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Somebody told me once before you can never go home again once you 
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leave. Say anything just to scare me away from the truth of who I am and what I 
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believe. So I thanked him for his two cents with a shake and some sympathy
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And I packed up my blue jeans and I headed for the big prize of my freedom

[Chorus]
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Bye bye black sheep, black sheep of the family
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Bye bye black sheep how that means so much to me
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Bye bye to my friends and my family
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Bye bye black sheep goin off to set my soul,   set it free

[Bridge]
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Times they were a changin, I did just a little re-arrangin
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Take a couple chances, my progress it advances
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To that prize of my freedom*

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[Verse 2]
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(spoken) It's written in the stars steel bars never will a prison cell make
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(spoken) Once I find that sweet home or a place I like to call home anyway
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Some people will say I'm crazy singin out loud like I do here on the street
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When I got a song I sing it out loud and if you don't like that my friend,
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Well I'm gonna say

[Chorus]
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Bye bye black sheep / oh bye bye, oh bye bye, the black sheep of the family
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Bye bye black sheep / goodbye to my friends, and black sheep, 
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Bye bye black sheep / you know you always means so much to me, so my friends, you've been my family
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Bye bye black sheep goin off to set my soul,   set it free