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--VERSE 1:

A (x02220@1)                            D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)      AThe (x02220@1)old man was a good man, he raised his children right
A (x02220@1)                               A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)    A (x02220@1)He taught us how to work hard and showed us how to fight 
A (x02220@1)                             A (x02220@1)     C (x32010@1)   DTold (xx0232@1)me about the good Lord and when to use a gun 
C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)Made me very proud of where it is that I come from

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--CHORUS--

B-C      D (xx0232@1)                     E (022100@1)G#A
  When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt
D (xx0232@1)                             E (022100@1)     G# (xx1114@1)     A (x02220@1)Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt
D (xx0232@1)                        E (022100@1)    G# (xx1114@1)   F# (244322@1)All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar
  C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)           A(stop) 
I may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar

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--VERSE 2:

A(stop) (banjo)
Years they rolled on by, the old man turned me loose 
Way cross town I learned about them sad ol' country blues 
                                                      DTaught (xx0232@1)me how to prep my heart from trying to make it right 
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)Told me not to ever break but one law at a time

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--CHORUS:

B-C      D (xx0232@1)                     E (022100@1)G#A
  When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt
D (xx0232@1)                             E (022100@1)     G# (xx1114@1)     A (x02220@1)Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt
D (xx0232@1)                        E (022100@1)    G# (xx1114@1)   F# (244322@1)All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar
  C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)           A(stop) 
I may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar

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--BRIDGE:

F# (244322@1)            DHope (xx0232@1)you'll wear me on your memory like a painted old tattoo 
  B (x2444x@1)                                     EI (022100@1)might not make no history book but I'll burn a page or two 
Yeah

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LEAD (Rhythm is verse chords)

--CHORUS:

B-C      D (xx0232@1)                     E (022100@1)G#A
  When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt
D (xx0232@1)                             E (022100@1)     G# (xx1114@1)     A (x02220@1)Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt
D (xx0232@1)                        E (022100@1)    G# (xx1114@1)   F# (244322@1)All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar
  C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)           AI (x02220@1)may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar
 C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)                A(stop) 
I may not change the world ... but I'm gonna leave a scar

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G-AA C-AA G-AA D C 
G-AA C-AA G-AA D C A

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