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[Verse 1]

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I once had a sweetheart the fairest of maidens
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She outshined all others that I'd known by far
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I had me a friend big fella Named Big Harlan Taylor
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Harlan had a rubber tired new shiny car


[Chorus]

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All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
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If I figured them all up it could take many years
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[Verse 2]

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By the wants of a woman she fell for Big Harlan
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I tried but in vain for to take my own life
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Suddenly I had lost all my will to keep living
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She'd lost her desire to become my young wife


[Chorus]

G                    D              A          D
All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
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If I figured them all up it could take many years
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[Verse 3]

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Well I wanted revenge and way laid for Big Harlan
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Then I started wondering what good would it do
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If a rubber tired new shiny car's her ambition
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And I just let her have it and Big Harlan too


[Chorus]

G                    D              A          D
All the ways of the world and the wants of a woman
G                    D             A7          D
If I figured them all up it could take many years
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If I figured them all up ’twould take many years