The Byrds  America's Great National Pastime written by Skip Battin
                                                       Kim Fowler

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One of America's great national pastimes is drinking a coke
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Taking  a smoke   telling a joke
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One of America's great national pastimes is playing ball
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Taking it all  and thinking so small
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But the great taste of coke has refreshed players
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The hot and tired the weary and the sore
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But the great taste of coke has refreshed players
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The hot and tired the weary and the sore
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One of America's great national pastimes is chocolate fudge
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Carrying a grudge  bribing a judge
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One of America's great national pastimes is poisoning rain
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Acting insane  inflicting pain
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But the great taste of coke has refreshed players
     G                C
The hot and tired the weary and the sore
        F                        C
But the great taste of coke has refreshed players
    G                 F              C
The hot and tired the weary and the sore
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One of America's great national pastimes is  the worship of speed
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Planting  the seeds  taking more than she needs
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One of America's great national pastime is cutting the grass
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Grabbing some ass living too fast
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But the great taste of coke has refreshed players
     G                C
The hot and tired the weary and the sore
        F                        C
But the great taste of coke has refreshed players
    G                 F              C
The hot and tired the weary and the sore


  Copyright @ 1971 Kyo Music and Bad Boy Music
  From the "Farther Along"  LP Columbia Records 1971


The Byrds                        Old Blue              arranged by
Roger McGuinn

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Well I had an old dog and his name was Blue
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Well I had an old dog and his name was Blue

Well I had an old dog and his name was Blue
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Betcha five dollars he's a good dog too
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Oh Blue chased a possum up a holler limb
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Blue chased a possum up a holler limb

Blue chased a possum up a holler limb
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The possum growled Blue  whined at him
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Bye bye blue   you good dog  you   bye bye blue  you good dog you
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When old Blue died he died so hard
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He shook the ground in my back yard

We lowered him down with a golden chain
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And every link we called his name
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Bye bye blue   you good dog  you   bye bye blue  you good dog you
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My old Blue he was a good old hound
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You'd hear him hollar miles around

When I get to heaven first thing I'll do
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Is grab my horn and call for Blue
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Bye bye blue   you good dog  you   bye bye blue  you good dog you