Mean Old Man – James Taylor
Nghệ sĩ: James Taylor
Hợp Âm Chuẩn
Intro
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On my own
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How could I have known?
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Imagine my surprise
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Just a fool
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From a tree full of fools
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Who can't believe his eyes
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Imagine my surprise
Verse→ Phiên khúc
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'Cause I was a mean old man
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I was an ornery cuss
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I was a dismal Dan
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I made an aw - ful fuss
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Ever since my life began
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Man, it was ever thus
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I was a nasty tyke who was hard to like
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I had to misbe - have
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I did things in reverse
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Refused to wash or shave
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I was horrid to my nurse
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I got back what I gave
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Which only made me worse
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I had to have my way
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Which was bleak and gray, oh dear
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Living in here
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One hundred years of rain
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Such a drag
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This riches to rags
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And just myself to blame
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A dirty low-down shame
Instrumental
(x2)
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Silly me
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Silly old me
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Somewhere outside my mind
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Clever you
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Walking me through
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Willing to lead the blind
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All in the nick of time
Verse→ Phiên khúc
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Who gets a second chance?
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Who gets to have some fun?
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Who gets to learn to dance
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Before his race is run?
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Who gets to shed his skin?
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Who comes up born again?
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Who was a mean old man
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'Til you turned him into a gol - den retriever
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Puppy dog. Who's a good boy?