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Yesterday's News Chords

Music by: Fred Eaglesmith
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[Verse 1]
[D]I h[F#m]ad[F#][F#m][G][D]
[G][D]
me a job [F#m]down in the mine
And [G]all the big bosses say I [D]work real fine
But you never get to heaven sit
[F#m]tin' i[F#]n the da[F#m]rk
[G]Swingin' on a hammer
just to [D]make it buck
[G]Swingin' on a hammer
just to [D]make it buck
Readin' yesterday's news,
[F#m]singin' [F#]a bl[F#m]ues
[G]Tellin' all my friends I'll
be [D]comin' home soon
Home, [F#]home
[G]Tellin' all my friends I'll be
[D]comin' home [F#m]soon[G][Em][D]
I had me a girl on [F#m]down the line
She [G]lived in a house where
it's [D]always night
When she wasn't lookin', [F#m]I left[F#] town
Ain't [G]no devil's woman
gonna tie [D]me down
Ain't [G]no devil's woman
gonna tie [D]me down
Readin' yesterday's news,
[F#m]singin' [F#]her blues
[F#m]Tellin' [G]all my friends
I'll be comin' [D]home soon
Home, [F#]home
[G]Tellin' all my friends I'll be [D]comin' home
[F#m]soon[G][D]
[F#m][F#][G][Em][G]
[D][G][D]
When I die and they [F#m]lay me to[F#] rest
Just [G]put me on a train that's
headin' [D]out west
Tell that guard to let my
[F#m]friend[F#]s out of jail
[F#m]They can s[G]tand by the tracks
while the [D]whistle wails
They can stand by [G]the tracks
while the [D]whistle wails
Readin' yesterday's news,
[F#m]singin' the [F#]blues
[F#m]Tellin' [F#]all [G]my friends I'll
be [D]comin' home soon
Home, [F#m]home
[G]Tellin' all my friends I'll be
comin' [D]home soon
Home, [F#m]home
Tellin' [G]all my friends
I'll be comin' [D]home soon you
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