The Blues Man

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[George Jones]

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I'm just a singer
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A natural-born guitar ringer
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Kind of a clinger
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To sad old songs
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I'm not a walk-behinder
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I'm a new note finder
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But my name's a reminder
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Of a blues man that's already gone
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So I started drinking
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Took some things that messed up my thinking
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I was sure sinking, when she came along
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I was alone in the spot light
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Not too much left inside
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She changed all that one night
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When she sang me this song

[Dolly Parton]
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Hey baby, I love you
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Hey baby, I need you
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Hey baby, you don't have to prove to me
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You're some kind of macho man

You've wasted so much of your life
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Running through the dark nights
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Let me shine a little love light down on You Blues Man

[Solo 1]
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[George Jones]
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I got so sick from speedin'
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All the stuff they said I was needin'
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If I was to keep pleasin'
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All of my fans
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I got cuffed on dirt roads
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I got sued over no-shows
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She came and took all that old load
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Down off this blues man. That's right

[Both]
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Hey baby, I love you too
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Hey baby, I need you too
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Hey baby, I do get tired of this travelin' band

[Dolly]
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I know you do get tired

[Both]
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Oh, I'm up in my years now
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Nights would be cold now
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If you hadn't stuck it out with this blues man

[George]
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Oh, I'm up in my years now

[Both]
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Nights would be cold now
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If you hadn't hung around with This Blues Man

[G  O 2]
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