Tough People Do Teclado

	  

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Intro.:  (G) x 4 bars 
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Back in '39 she was 26, the wife of a soldier tryin' to raise four kids 
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On rationed out beans and watered down milk, tryin' to keep 'em all warm with a patchwork quilt 
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That great depression ended about 1945, but grandma lived to be 92 
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See, tough times don't last, tough people do 

(Chorus) 
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Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps when they hit hard luck 

And they stay strong and they keep on fightin' like they don't know how to lose 
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 Tough times don't last, tough people do 
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Those talkin' heads on CNN, say we'll never get out of this hole we're in 
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The price of gas is up and the market's down and there's a bunch of empty houses in every town 
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Well, I'd interrupt that program with a little headline of my own 
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This just in from the old red, white and blue 
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Tough times don't last, tough people do 

(Chorus) 
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Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps when they hit hard luck 

And they stay strong and they keep on fightin' like they don't know how to lose 
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Tough times don't last, tough people do 
               
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I've been out of work since mid July, my bank account's about bone dry 
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Been lookin' for a job no luck so far, but I bought a little time when I sold my car 
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Well, I'll go dig a ditch if that's what it takes, baby, somehow or another we'll get through 
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Tough times don't last, tough times don't last 

(Tag) 
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