Gordon Lightfoot – I Used To Be A Country Singer (Guitar)

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I was sitting in my hotel room

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Strumming my old guitar 

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Not much to do when you're far away

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Playing some smoky bar 

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I was feeling a little empty

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And feeling a little blue 

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When the maid came in and asked me

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If she could do my room

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I put down my old guitar

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And she gave me a smile 

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She had a crusty voice and a drinker's look 

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But she had a friendly style 

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She dusted my room and made my bed

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And she talked of days gone by 

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She spoke of when she wooed the men

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A tear came to her eye

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And she said, "I used to be a country singer

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I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___ 

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My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter 

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Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"

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She told me that her husband died

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And her son was overseas 

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I could tell by her eyes and her broken smile

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She was lonely just like me 

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She asked me if I'd listen to

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A tape of when she was young 

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She said, "I can't sing now, I forget the words

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And my voice is almost gone"

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And she said, "I used to be a country singer

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I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___ 

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My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter 

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Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"

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Oh, I cried inside, but I couldn't tell

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If it was for her or for me 

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So I grabbed my axe and we sang a song

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In two part harmony 

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Ever since that day when I'm feeling down

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And I can't find a happy tune 

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I just think of that maid and the feeling she gave

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When she came to clean my room

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And she said, "I used to be a country singer

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I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___ 

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My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter 

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Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine"

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 "I used to be a country singer

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I could sing a mean Patsy Cline___ 

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My husband he could yodel like Wilf Carter 

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Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine______

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Kitty Wells was a real good friend of mine