Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Long Hard Road (Guitar)

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Way back in my memory there's a scene that I 

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recall of a little run-down cabin in the woods.

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My daddy never promised that our blue moon 

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would turn gold but he lay awake nights wishin'

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that it would.

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When the world was on our radio, hard work was on 

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our minds.

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We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion.

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With old overalls and cotton balls all strapped across 

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your back, man, it's hard to make believe ain't nothing 

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wrong.

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But mama kept the Bible read, and daddy kept our family 

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fed and somewhere in between I must have grown.

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Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

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takes me down the road to where I want to go.

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Now, I know, it's a long, hard road.

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Sometimes, I remember when I stay up late at night,

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when the sun-up came, we got up and went.

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In the shadows of a working day, our moonlight hours 

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spent, singin' songs along with grandma's radio.

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Now, I'm beatin' down an old blacktop road, sleepin' 

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in a sack, livin' in my memories all in vain.

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Cause those city lights ain't all that bright, compared 

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to what it's like, to see lightning bugs go dancin' in 

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the rain.

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Mama played the guitar then, and daddy made the saw blade 

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bend and raindrops played the tin roof like a drum.

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But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

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takes me down the road to where my name is known.

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Now, I'm gone, and it's a long, hard road.

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Yes, I know, it's a long, hard road..