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[Verse 1]
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Thank you for the ride there mister
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Right here is where I get off
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It's been a little while since I seen her but I don't think love is lost
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Thank you for the whiskey mister ain't had none in so long
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Thank you for the ride, thank you for the whiskey
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Thank you for the song

[Chorus]
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Maria,  you hear me coming up the road
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Maria,  your new man's on his way home
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I need a chance to fix the things I've torn apart
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Where I left off's the only place to start
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So take those doubting chains off of your lonely heart
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For this thankful man comin' in out of the dark

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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I believe I'm a stronger man for the suffering and hard time
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They put those steel bars around me but they never got her off my mind
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Fought my way through the walls of hell just to see her again
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Lord thank you for the  moonlight, thank you for the stars
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Thank you for the wind

[Chorus]
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Maria hear me coming up the road
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Maria your new man's on his way home
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I need a chance to fix the things I've torn apart
      G                C             D
Where I left off's the only place to start
              G               C                  D
So take those doubting chains off of your lonely heart
         C            D                    G
For this thankful man comin' in out of the dark

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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Well I never got lost till the day I left your side
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And I've paid the cost of bein on a long dark ride
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Ah Maria your fires leading me home tonight
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Thank you for the love, thank you for the laughter
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Thank you for the light

[Chorus]
C                 D
Maria you hear me coming up the road
C              D
Maria your new man's on his way home
         G                 C                D
I need a chance to fix the things I've torn apart
      G                C             D
Where I left off's the only place to start
              G               C                  D
So take those doubting chains off of your lonely heart
         C            D                    G
For this thankful man comin' in out of the dark

[Outro]
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Yeah I'm a thankful man comin' in out of the dark