Suzanne Vega – Last Years Troubles (Guitar)

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[Intro] A E A E [Chorus] A G
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[Verse 1]
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Last year's troubles they're so old-fashioned

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The robber on the highway, the pirate on the seas

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Maybe it's the clothing that's so entertaining

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The earrings and the swashbuckling blouses that please
[Instrumental] E A E [Verse 2]
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 Here we have heroes of times that have passed now

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But nobody these days has that kind of chin

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Over there the petticoats of ladies of virtue

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You can hardly tell them from the petticoats of sin
[Chorus]
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Last year's troubles

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Last year's troubles
[Verse 3]
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Look at all the waifs of Dickensian England

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Why is it their suffering is more picturesque?

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Must be cause their rags are so very Victorian

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The ones here at home just don't give it their best
[Instrumental] E A E [Verse 4]
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 Last year's troubles they shine up so pretty

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They gleam with a luster they don't have today

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Here it's just dirty and violent and troubling

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Etcetera ...
[Chorus] A G
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Last year's troubles

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Last year's troubles
[Instrumental verse] A E A E A E A E A [Verse 5]
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Trouble is still trouble and evil still evil

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Sometimes we wonder is it more now or less?

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If we had a tool or could tally the handfuls

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Measure for measure it's the same would be my guess
[Chorus]
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Last year's troubles

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Last year's troubles
[Instrumental verse] A E A E A E A E A G [Chorus]
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Last year's troubles

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Last year's troubles