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G            Am       G         Am
Old man on a barstool watching TV
G               B           Em        C
Got up and came over to sit closer to me
         G          Am        G         Am
He said "You look familiar to someone I knew
    G         B                Em         C
But when were your age we were older than you
G         Am         G      Am
Jimmy was twenty and I seventeen
       G            B           Em        C
And to us there was nothing but girls and machines
G         Am          G         Am
Jimmy got married and I went to war
  G                B            Em       C
I still don't know what we were doing it for
              G        C      Em        C
But if you'll buy me a drink--turkey on ice
     G            F          C      D
Then I could give you some advice

          G    Am     C
"You just stay in the bar
       D    G      Am  C       
For as long as you can
   D              Em
As long as you're drinking
     D              A             C
Then you've got the world in your hand

Em D
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         G           Am           G          Am
"There's no shame in hanging your world by a string
        G               B               Em     C
And you know there's no harm in not thinking a thing
    G                Am            G            Am
But trying to find a place for yourself in this world
        G                B           Em      C
Is like trying to make a wife of an American girl
          G          C           Em       C
If you'll trade me a drink for a story or two
     G                F           C  D
Then you'll know what you need to do

          G    Am     C
"You just stay in the bar
       D    G      Am  C
For as long as you can
         D           Em
You know love is for sissies
     D            A           C
It's whiskey that makes you a man"

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G                   Am              G          Am
Now the old man got up and stumbled out in the street
          G            B                Em           C
He'd been drinking all day and left his bar tab with me
G                 Am       G         Am
I didn't have the money to cover his bill
      G          B                   Em          C
But I found me a man who looked like me, younger still
           G        C              Em         C
And said, "Buy me a drink and I'll tell you a tale
          G           F            C    D
About the old man who taught me so well

         G    Am     C
You just stay in the bar
       D    G      Am  C
For as long as you can
       D             Em
Hell I know you're a friend
      D           A              C    D
I can tell by the shakes in your hand
         G    Am     C
You just stay in the bar
       D    G      Am   C
For as long as you dare
   D              Em
As long as you're tipping
     D            A           C
Then you've got a good friend somewhere