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Crying Game

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Standard tuning.
FWoke up Cto snow, it’s Christmas again
FBut you’re still nCot home, got thrown in the pen
FAnd I’m 6 yeCars old, sitting here thinking 
‘Amwhy am I alFways alone?’C  
FSo I watch Cmy mGama from the back of the van
FAs she drove aClong Gand having 7 kids
FMust hCave been hGard but daddy couldn’t 
Amstay out oFf the barC  
It’s a cryFing gaCme
GSeeing him in prCison on ChrFistmas dayC  
G20 years later still sFuch a sChame
To haGve a broken heart at such Ama yoFung age
GBut now it’s Amall Fthe saGme
It’s a cFrying gGame
FI miCssed the cGall and woke up to find
FMy brotCher was gonGe that’s when I lost my mind
FAt 18 yeCars oGld wondering how 
Amlife could Fbe so coldG  
FBut we came tCogethGer like never before
FAll my brotheCrs and sisGters kept mama at shore
FTill we losCt anotheGr, it’s hard to know just 
Amwhat to thFink no moGre
It’s a cFrying gaCme
GTo have to put my brothers Fin their gravCes
GLife ain’t perfect but it’s sFuch a shamCe
They lGeft behind the stories that tAmhey nFever madGe
Now it’s aFll the saGme
It’s a cAmryiFng gaGme
FLiving, lDmoving gets Fme through the pain
CDon’t take for granted a soGul or a day
DmGiven where I’m going it’s crFazy to think that
CThere’s a million other people oGut there playing
A crFying Cgame
GThere’s no winning, and Fno one to bClame
GLife is fragile and can sFlip aCway
And leGmme tell you when it does 
Amit’s suFch a shGame
But it’s all Fthe saGme
it’s a crFying game.

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Crying Game

by Cady Groves

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Standard tuning.

F C

Woke up to snow, it’s Christmas again

F C

But you’re still not home, got thrown in the pen

F C

And I’m 6 years old, sitting here thinking

Am F C

‘why am I always alone?’

F C G

So I watch my mama from the back of the van

F C G

As she drove along and having 7 kids

F C G

Must have been hard but daddy couldn’t

Am F C

stay out of the bar

F C

It’s a crying game

G C F C

Seeing him in prison on Christmas day

G F C

20 years later still such a shame

G Am F

To have a broken heart at such a young age

G Am F G

But now it’s all the same

F G

It’s a crying game

F C G

I missed the call and woke up to find

F C G

My brother was gone that’s when I lost my mind

F C G

At 18 years old wondering how

Am F G

life could be so cold

F C G

But we came together like never before

F C G

All my brothers and sisters kept mama at shore

F C G

Till we lost another, it’s hard to know just

Am F G

what to think no more

F C

It’s a crying game

G F C

To have to put my brothers in their graves

G F C

Life ain’t perfect but it’s such a shame

G Am F G

They left behind the stories that they never made

F G

Now it’s all the same

Am F G

It’s a crying game

F Dm F

Living, loving gets me through the pain

C G

Don’t take for granted a soul or a day

Dm F

Given where I’m going it’s crazy to think that

C G

There’s a million other people out there playing

F C

A crying game

G F C

There’s no winning, and no one to blame

G F C

Life is fragile and can slip away

And lemme tell you when it does

Am F G

it’s such a shame

F G

But it’s all the same

it’s a crying game.

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