The Old Guard

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

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

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

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

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

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

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