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Thirty-Nine and Holding Chords
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[Verse 1] [D]He'[E]s o[D]ut there[G] somewhere every night Where [C]the music's playing [G]loud Doing all the 50's steps, [A]in a 198[D]0 crowd [Verse 2] [G]The dim lights hide his millage lines [C]The Clairol hides [G]the gray And [C]he won't mention [G]anything That [D]gives his age away [G] [Verse 3] [A]Lord, [G]he's [C]thirty-nine and and [G]holding [D]Holding everything he [G]can From [C]seventeen to [G]twenty-five He'll He'll [A]prove he's still [D]a man [Verse 4] He's [G]holding to a candle And it's [C]burning at both end[G]s He's [C]thirty-nine and and [G]holding Hold[D]ing everything he can [Interlude 1] [G][D][G] [C][G][A][D] [G][C][G][C][G][D][G] [Verse 5] [G]You can bet he'll never see [C]Thirty-nine again [G]again He should have turned loose long ago But [A]still he's hangin' it [D]in [Verse 6] [G]He still thinks that he is the man [C]That he used to [G]be He's [C]thirty-nine and and [G]holding And [D]acting twenty-three [Verse 7] [G]Lord, Lord, He's [C]thirty-nine and and [G]holding Hold[D]ing everything he [G]can [D]From sev[C]enteen to twe[G]nty-five To [A]To prove he's still a [D]man [Verse 8] He's [G]holding to a candle My God, it's [C]burning at both ends [G]He's thi[C]rty-nine and and hol[G]ding [D]Holding everything he [G]can[D] [G][D][G]
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