[Intro] E  A  E  A
        E  A  D  A

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Sun bleached flies sitting in the windowsill
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Waiting for the day they escape
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They talk all about that money and how their babies are always

Changing
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While they're breathing in the poison of the pain

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What I wouldn't give to be in church this Sunday
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Listening to the choir, so heartfelt, all singing
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God loves you, but not enough to save you
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So, baby girl, good luck taking care of yourself

          B                                A
So I said fine, 'cause that's how my daddy raised me
               B                           E       A
If they strike once then you just hit 'em twice as hard
           B                        A
But in the end, if I bend under the weight that they gave me
          E                             B        A
Then this heart would break and fall as twice as far

( B  A  E  A  E )

                   A
We all know how it goes
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The more it hurts, the less it shows
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But I still feel like they all know
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And that's why I can never go back home
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And I spend my life watching it go by from the sidelines
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And God, I've tried, but I think it's about time I put up a fight

B                                           A
But I don't mind 'cause that's how my daddy raised me (how my daddy raised me)
               B                                   A
If they strike once then you just hit 'em twice as hard
             B                               A
But I always knew that in the end no one was coming to save me
          A                 A           Am          E
So I just prayed and I keep praying and praying and praying

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If it's meant to be then it will be
     B                            A
So I met him there and told him I believe
        E                              A
Singing if it's meant to be then it'll be
                       B             A
I forgive it all as it comes back to me (back to me)

E                                A
If it's meant to be then it will be
B                                   A
So I met him there and told him I believe (I believe, yeah)
        E                                A
Singing if it's meant to be then it will be (oh, oh)
                       B             A
I forgive it all as it comes back to me (it comes back to me)

E                              A
If it's meant to be then it'll be (it'll be, it'll be, it'll be)
     B                            A
So I met him there and told him I believe (yeah)
        E                                A
Singing if it's meant to be then it will be
                       B             A
I forgive it all as it comes back to me (oh)

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I'm still praying for that house in Nebraska
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By the highway, out on the edge of town
E
Dancing with the windows open
A
I can't let go when something's broken
                    B                   
It's all I know and it's all I want now

[Final] A  E  A  E  A  E
        A  E  B  A  E