The Band – When You Awake (Guitar)

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 Ollie told me  I'm  a fool. So I

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walked on down the road a mile, went to the house that brings a smile

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 Sat upon my grandpa's knee, and what do you think he said to me?

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 When you awake you will remember ev'rything, you will be hangin' on a string from your...

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When you believe, you will relieve the only soul

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That you were born with to grow old and never know

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Ollie showed me the fork in the road

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You can take to the left or go straight to the right, use your days and save your nights

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Be careful where you step, and watch wha-cha eat, sleep with the light on and you got it beat

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 When you awake you will remember ev'rything, you will be hangin' on a string from your...

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When you believe, you will relieve the only soul

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That you were born with to grow old and never know

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Ollie warned me it's a mean old world

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The street don't greet ya, yes, it's true; but what am I supposed to do:

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Read the writing on the wall, I heard it when I was very small

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 When you awake you will remember ev'rything, you will be hangin' on a string from your...

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When you believe, you will relieve the only soul

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That you were born with to grow old and never know

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Wash my hand in lye water, I got a date with the captain's daughter

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You can go and tell your brother. We sure gonna love one another, Oh!

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You may be right and ya might be wrong, I ain't gonna worry all day long

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Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite, my old car froze up last night

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Ain't no reason to hang your head, I could wake up in the mornin' dead. Oh!

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And if I thought it would do any good, I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood