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D
Once I was a dyin breed
D
Chewin on an ancient leaf
D
Before we took the notion
A
To keep up with the times
G A
And leave âem all behind
G A
Chisel to the paper
G A
Tattoos on the ether
D
Fadinâ in the life
Verse
D
All the while I gorge my gut
D
Come the time that I would rut
D
Runnin high and low
A
To find my prehistoric queen
G A
To keep me warm 'til spring
G A
When I go out with my friends
G A
To graze the land and wonder
D
When I'd see your face again
Bm G
today I met my doom
A D
I took one in the boiler room
Bm G
To put food on the table
A D
Of a dying breed of man
Verse
D
Once I was a broken heart
D
Once I tore your heart apart
D
Once my heart put out
A
Before I ever got to breathe
G A
And my soul returned to sea
G A
To come to Earth again
G A
Clucking out a living
G A
As a favorite laying hen
Bm G
One day I met my doom
A D
A fox got in the chicken coop
Bm G
Doing all he knew to do
A D
To feed a hungry den
Bm G
On and on down the line
A D
Iâve swam canals and ?
Bm G
Plenty of births along this ride
A D
Of being born again
Verse
D
Once I was and you were too
D
And we were both the word of truth
D
We built this world together
A
With a loud and mighty bang
G A
Lord, it sounded like a train
G A
It echoed oâer the land
G A
We came up with the game we play
D
Of being born again