Intro: C F C F C F Dm G

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There's somethings you never get over
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Whatever your parents say
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First on my list of these three things
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Is the sight of my father walking away
 
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Next on my list would be heaven
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I already know what it's like
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Cause I fell in love when I was 16 with the absolute love of my life

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Last on my list would be losing
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But someone always needs to win
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And thumbing your nose at the boss I suppose just feels like a beautiful thing
           
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And it's something that nobody tells you
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You figure it out if you can
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Well there's one thing on earth that no one can touch
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It's the sleep of a satisfied man
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Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man

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And I don't know why I love the leaving
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But it's not from lack of loving you
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You can't remember when you stopped breathing and I can't remember it too

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But I'm coming home tomorrow
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And I wanted you to know
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That the part of me that can make you smile is the same part that needed to go


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And it's something that nobody tells you
     Am        G          F   C
You figure it out if you can
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Well they can't interfere or get inside here
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It's the sleep of a satisfied man
           Am         G       F   C
Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man

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Of all the things I've had to learn
            Am
One won't quit
      G       F  C
No matter how I try
            Am
One won't quit
      G             F    C
It's all that I can stand
                 Am
One won't quit
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I'll never learn to say goodbye
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But I hope for your sake that you can

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And on April 2nd the birth of my heart
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The day that the zombie awoke with a start
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When I fell for Button and she fell for me
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Back in the spring of 1993
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January 7th 2005 the birth of my blood came fully to life
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When I see St. Peter and ask for my wings
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Just leave me that memory and the joy that it brings

         F                   G
It's something that nobody tells you
      Am       G          F    C
You figure it out if you can
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It's the things that you never get over
            Am               G
Build the character of a man

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And if heaven and family and children
      Am            G         F   C
Are what's left of me when I die
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Then I hope for your sake that you're better than me at this learning to say goodbye

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Yeah if heaven and family and children
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Are what's left of the race that I ran
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Then I'll quietly slip to the slumbering peace of the
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sleep of a satisfied man
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Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man
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Yeah the sleep of a satisfied man