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[Verse 1]
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Don't ask a string picker to play when he's drinkin'
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Don't ask an old wino for a glass of red wine
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Don't ask a young lady for her hand in marriage until you've been courtin' for many a time


[Chorus]
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Banded young ladies to roll with the changes to be there for the good times even though they've done wrong
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The way that I see it there's forty years comin'
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Oh but the way I've been livin' it's been twenty years gone


[Verse 2]
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I've been out swing dancin' to live western music
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I've been a hearse driver for many of my own
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But former his work when you know that she's drinkin'
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And to later his work when you know how to smile


[Chorus]
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Banded young ladies to roll with the changes to be there for the good times even though they've done wrong
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The way that I see it there's forty years comin'
                                          E            A
Oh but the way I've been livin' it's been twenty years gone


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[Verse 3]
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As sharp as the plowshare and as hard as the mornin'
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A gentleman's livin' has never been true
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So keep up your earnin' and bring down your spendin'
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Fore sweet mother nature puts a hurtin' on you


[Chorus]
E                      D             A                                                               E
Banded young ladies to roll with the changes to be there for the good times even though they've done wrong
    A                         D           A
The way that I see it there's forty years comin'
                                          E            A
Oh but the way I've been livin' it's been twenty years gone


[Chorus]
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Banded young ladies to roll with the changes to take them out dancin' and sing them a song
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The way that I see it there's forty years comin'
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Oh but the way I've been livin' don't feel twenty at all