Greg Allen Chords

  			Sad song by Rosa, still a good one though. 



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She said she felt an aching, 
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And went to lay down and died in her room, alone. 
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He said he tried to wake her, 
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Oh, how he tried, but she didn't move 
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And he was in the T.V. room. 
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Maybe on that day he loved her more than his own life 
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And maybe on that day he wished it was he who could have died 
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Maybe on that day he felt his body disappear into the space 
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Next to her on the bed. 

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Greg grew up under his dad's hand 
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Pushing tractors, pushing snuff into his face out in the field, 
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But the doctors said his gut just wasn't fixable right now 
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And anyway, a country man can't pay those city bills. 

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Well my uncle and aunt...they put him up in a hospital room. 
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And I remember they spent every night there in that hospital room 
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One day he said "Daddy, I see God, but I just ain't ready to go. 
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But Grampa's at my shoulder, and he swears I'm not alone." 

Instrumental bit: 
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Well on that day, I saw my uncle cry for his dead son. 
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We were all left alone, without a flag and gun salute 
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And I held my sister's hand as we sat silent in the pew. 
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Oh Katie, Katie, Katie, you spoke beautifully that day, 
        Em 
And I'm sure you know that firm handshake 
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Meant more than he could ever ever say.