They Lived It Up

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They were all kinds of crazy, but it kept them from going insane.
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Ol' Hag had been in prison, and Johnny told him not to be ashamed.
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Said, "If you tell the world the truth, you can't always look em' in the eye."
                             B                                    E
Then along came a branded man to Sing me Back Home and Mama Tried.

2nd Verse
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Hank never knew his daddy, but he carried on his name with his own voice.
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As if the hand of destiny said, "Take this guitar son you have no choice."
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And it led him to that mountain top, where he nearly lost his life.
                                         E
But he lived to write a book a song, bout how a country boy survives.

[Chorus]
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They lived it up and wrote it down.

They were more than drug store cowboys.
                                             B
They've been bucked and bruised and kicked around.
  A
They took their pain their voices rang.
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Til the whole world sang that country sound.
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All because they lived it up, and they lived to write it down.

3rd Verse
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They didn't understand him when he wore his mohair suits and skinny ties.
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So Willie took ol trigger and said, "You can kiss my Nashville ass goodbye."
      A                                                       E
On a Bloody Mary mornin', he was On the Road Again and Texas bound.
                                     E
He's living it up somewhere tonight, so he can write it down.

[Chorus]
 A                              E
 They lived it up and wrote it down.

They were more than drug store cowboys.
                                             B
They've been bucked and bruised and kicked around.
  A
They took their pain their voices rang.
                                          C#m
Til the whole world sang that country sound.
E                              B                            E
All because they lived it up, and they lived to write it down.

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I think I'll live it up tonight, sure hope I live to write it down.