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 D 
She was something in her formative years 

       G 
She'd hide her accent it would reappear 

      D                                         A 
When she would brag on what daddy bought last night 

         D 
All the pretty girls were in that crowd 

     G 
To tease a hand full of poor kids out loud 

      D           A              D 
And even then i knew it wasn't right 


 

  G     A    D               G 
Smoke rise, you were never kind 

  G    A                    D 
Good news i left you all behind 

  G   A   D        A         G 
Some who hope that it would last 

  A                                D 
Smoke rise i'm glad you're in my past 


D 
Most of the kids were better than me 
       G 
Or at least they thought so and it was plain to see 
      D                                              A 
The children were cruel and i didn't have a fighting chance 
           D 
I wasn't a jock, i wasn't a brain 
     G 
We weren't well off and mama couldn't explain 
    D                   A               D 
Why no one would take a poor boy to the dance 

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D 
Spoiled rich kids find it hard to embrace 
          G 
When they bus black kids from all over the place 
      D                                              A 
The county tried to prove their schools were all the same 
        D 
Ol' jim crow tried to integrate 
    G 
But in the south it's hard to relate 
     D                 A               D 
When grandpa used the "n" word with no shame 

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