Todd Snider – Brenda (Guitar)

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Met on a train goin’ somewhere fast

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He could see what she had right on

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Together they build up an empire so vast

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That no one and nothin’ could stop them

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He looked like a man of the people

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She looked high as hell at the ball

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Of course they made everybody so jealous

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But no one could touch ‘em et all, it was true, love

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What while the rabbles was restin’

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They conquered the world and beyond

Ab7       F#                 Bm
With each new insatiable ambition

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They tested and strengthened their bond

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He wasn’t nearly as driven

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She wasn’t nearly as fun

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But together they was quite a combination

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When it come down to gettin’ it done, it was tru--ue lo--ve,    true love

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Wha ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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They amassed unspeakable fortunes and she still wasn’t satisfied

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So he fell out to find what she wanted in her mind, what a hell of a ride

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Bought private jet planes and castles

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Took every pleasure that they could

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Well, good love comes with its troubles

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Where things, things wouldn’t always be good, it was true love

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There was a few times that she cheated

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There was even some times when they split

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But she upped and went and he got arrested

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And she put up with it, it was drugs till he came around

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Cause what mattered was keepin’ that feeling

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What mattered was stayin’ on top

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Some say what’s keepin’ them together so long

Dbsus                F#/Bb                      Dbsus    F#    Db7 F#    Db7   Dbsus F#
Is feelin’ they’ve already thought they could drop, it’s tr-ue-ue  love, true, true  love

    Db               Ab7
Wha ooh  wha ooh ooh ooh ooh

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These days he’s callin’ her Brenda, that wasn’t always her name

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That opened them to so many changes as they weathered the pressures of change

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Not long ago she almost lost him, lesser man might’ve been dead

Dbsus         F#sus          F#/Bb                  Abm7                    Abm9
But just when she thought he might be giving up, he was back up in business instead, it was true love

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Tonight I’m sure he’s in some tavern, smokin’, he’s drinkin’ it in

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And I’m sure she’s holed up in that office, cruchin’ the numbers again

Db             F#             B        Dbsus   F#                Bbm7
He’s livin’ it up while she’s workin’, I guess that’s just about right

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Mick Jagger was born on a Monday morning, Keith Richards was born on a Saturday night

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It was true

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It was tr      ue,

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it was true,

       Dbsus B
it was true  love

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It was tr--u--u--ue,

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it was true love