The Old Guard

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Dicky's place is a tavern where I 
often go
Like tonight when this heart of mine
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 is aching low
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Through swinging doors I hear the 
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voice of old George Jones
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I find myself a barstool and I'm 
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right at home

[Verse 2]
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the Old Guard down at Dickys drinks 
up all night long
every face lined and weary eyes a 
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country song
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Ruined lives broken dreams 
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countless cold regrets
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on the jukebox there's stories told
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 and silhouettes

[Chorus]
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Cheating heart crazy arms now it's 
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crying time
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heartbreak goes down easier with 
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beer and rhyme
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everynight we get together to be 
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with our own
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and the old guard feels a little 
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less alone

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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then some kids they start playing 
their fast modern tunes
and the floor bounces when they 
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dance around the room
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we talk sports and weather and work
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 and such
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until one of the old guard says he's
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 had enough

[Verse 4]
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he starts punching in the numbers of
 the ones we feel
those old heart breakin' melodies 
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with the crying steel
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the young ones start leavin it's 
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too slow and hard
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but they'll be back when it's their 
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turn to join the Guard

[Chorus]
          A                        
Cheating heart crazy arms now it's 
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crying time
  A                              
heartbreak goes down easier with 
B7
beer and rhyme
      A                         
everynight we get together to be 
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with our own
         A                B7   
and the old guard feels a little 
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less alone

[Chorus]
          A                        
Cheating heart crazy arms now it's 
 E
crying time
  A                              
heartbreak goes down easier with 
B7
beer and rhyme
      A                         
everynight we get together to be 
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with our own
         A                B7   
and the old guard feels a little 
        E
less alone