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Missing Pieces

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From the album: Beneath This Gruff Exterior
GI sit all day staring at a leaf.  
EmI know that my time here is brief.
AmI'd like to get some details down.  
CBefore I move on to another town.
GI met a man he lost both arms.  
EmHe got 'em cought up in her charms.
AmShe took the kids and the color TV.  
He said "CI wish she'd taken the rest of me." 
(CHORUS)
GThis travelin' life well it aint no good.  
EmI'd quit it honey oh if I could.
AmA puzzle to me why I even care.  
CThe missing pieces are everywhere.
G/Em  
GHe drove to dixie to hush his mouth.  
EmShe started talkin' like to wore him out.
AmThey found love beneath the southern stars.  
CAnd some bruises and some scars.
GHe sees her on that back porch swing.  
EmAnd I believe he would do anything.
AmStand all night in the pourin' rain.  
CTo wash her memory from her brain.
REPEAT CHORUS
GA false move here, a stumble there.  
EmA box of letters and a lock of hair.
AmThat's all that's left when I turn out the light.  
CI count the missing pieces every night.
CHORUS 2x

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Missing Pieces

by John Hiatt

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From the album: Beneath This Gruff Exterior

I sit all day staring at a leaf.

I know that my time here is brief.

I'd like to get some details down.

Before I move on to another town.

I met a man he lost both arms.

He got 'em cought up in her charms.

She took the kids and the color TV.

He said "I wish she'd taken the rest of me."

(CHORUS)

This travelin' life well it aint no good.

I'd quit it honey oh if I could.

A puzzle to me why I even care.

The missing pieces are everywhere.

G Em

He drove to dixie to hush his mouth.

She started talkin' like to wore him out.

They found love beneath the southern stars.

And some bruises and some scars.

He sees her on that back porch swing.

And I believe he would do anything.

Stand all night in the pourin' rain.

To wash her memory from her brain.

REPEAT CHORUS

A false move here, a stumble there.

A box of letters and a lock of hair.

That's all that's left when I turn out the light.

I count the missing pieces every night.

CHORUS 2x

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