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I broke my promise on a very sharp rock

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and I was possessed by something quite unfriendly

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and I was haunted by a demon in my sleep

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and that's how I learned how to survive

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and I gave a beer to a bum that was drinking

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and I gave some sauce to my bestest friend for cooking

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and I gave water to all I thought were thirsty

    C            G                 C
and that's how I learned how to survive

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and I gave some money to my bank for safe keeping

    C                       G
and I gave some money to my landlord he was needing it

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and I gave attention to the TV that was bleeding

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and that's how I learned how to survive

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       C
If you ain't got the do re mi boys

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If you ain't got the do re mi

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Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas

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Oklahoma Kansas Georgia Tennessee

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California is a garden of eden

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a paradise to live in or see

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but believe it or not you won't find it so hot

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If you ain't got the do re mi

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    C                   F    
and I just ripped off a man named Woodie Guthrie

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and I bought a restaurant for his son named Alice

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and I fed false information to the audience

    C            G                 C
and that's how I learned how to survive

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    C                        F
and I give a thank you to my father for leaving me

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and I give a finger to my step father for beating me

    C      G        Am         F
and I give props to myself for achieving

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goddamn I'm glad that I survived

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goddamn I'm glad that I survived

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    C                   F
and I just handed you a giant load of gibberish

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and I give love to a lover quite deserving of it

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and I give thanks to all of you for listening

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to the story of how we all learned how to survive