[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Well he was pushing 80, but he acted 22
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He could laugh and drink just like his grandchildren would do
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There was square hay on the meadow, second cutting of the year
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Well his summer work was over once they got the pasture cleared

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They were drinkin on the big bluff across the river from the field
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Well he walked up to the edge and threw a stone in and he kneeled
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And he looked down at the water, he said boys im going in
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They were cheering when he jumped but he did not come up again

[Chorus]
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Well raise another round boys and have another glass
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Be thankful for today knowing it will never last
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Still lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read
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May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
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May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead

[Verse]
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Well it was 20 after midnight, they were going 85
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She was barely out of high school wanting bad to feel alive
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Just a two lane piece of blacktop, a snakey stretch of road
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Well the wind blew through the wing vents, it was clear and fresh and cold
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Well the driver killed the headlights and he put the throttle down
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When they hit the railroad crossing they were five feet off the ground
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Just a-screaming through the midnight 'til they came down again
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Well the front tire hit a bar ditch, they went end over end

[Chorus]
     F             C              G             Am
Well raise another round boys and have another glass
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Be thankful for today knowing it will never last
    F                      C                 G            Am
Still lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read
    F             C                G                 Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
   F              C                G                 Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead

[Verse]
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Well i'm twenty eight years old now, I was born in '84
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And i've been free as I can be and I won't ask for anymore
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So let the fiddle play a hoe down after I've drawn my last breath
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Well tell everyone I know that I loved them all to death

[Chorus]
     F             C              G             Am
Well raise another round boys and have another glass
   F             C              G           E7
Be thankful for today knowing it will never last
    F                      C                 G            Am
Still lets leave the world laughing when our eulogies are read
    F             C                G                 Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
   F              C                G                 Am
May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead

[Outro]
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May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead
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May we all get to heaven 'fore the devil knows we're dead