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When The Word Was Thunderbird

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[Verse 1]
         AmUp every morning at the crack of dawn
         GNights as short as the days are long
         DLife turned out to be another magaEmzine
         AmI'm livin' with a stranger now
         GThe girl i knew got away somehow
         DShe went out with two bit gasoEmline
         I wanna go back, you know what i mean
[Chorus]
         AmWhen the word was Thunderbird
         GAnd the price was forty twice
         DDrinkin' wine and lovin' you was Emfun
[Verse 2]
         AmAh,but love turned out to be a passin' thing
         GDifferent bird of a different wing
         DSome damn fool put a dollar twenty Emnine
         On a jug of Thunderbird wine
         And AmLord i don't know if i'm gonna make it
         GI Don't know if i'll have the strength to take it
         DEverything's hung up in yesterEmday
[Verse 3]
         AmMarried to a civic-minded social girl
         GTakin' shortcuts in a woman's world
         DShe won't let her hair down when i'm Emhome
         SAmociety's just slavery
         And Gsecurity is killing me
         DI work hard for it, but i give it all Emaway
         If i could go back to yesterday
[Chorus]
         Now Amwhen the word was Thunderbird
         GAnd the price was forty twice
         DDrinkin' wine and lovin' you was Emfun

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When The Word Was Thunderbird

by Billy Joe Shaver

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[Verse 1]

Up every morning at the crack of dawn

Nights as short as the days are long

D Em

Life turned out to be another magazine

I'm livin' with a stranger now

The girl i knew got away somehow

D Em

She went out with two bit gasoline

I wanna go back, you know what i mean

[Chorus]

When the word was Thunderbird

And the price was forty twice

D Em

Drinkin' wine and lovin' you was fun

[Verse 2]

Ah,but love turned out to be a passin' thing

Different bird of a different wing

D Em

Some damn fool put a dollar twenty nine

On a jug of Thunderbird wine

And Lord i don't know if i'm gonna make it

I Don't know if i'll have the strength to take it

D Em

Everything's hung up in yesterday

[Verse 3]

Married to a civic-minded social girl

Takin' shortcuts in a woman's world

D Em

She won't let her hair down when i'm home

Society's just slavery

And security is killing me

D Em

I work hard for it, but i give it all away

If i could go back to yesterday

[Chorus]

Now when the word was Thunderbird

And the price was forty twice

D Em

Drinkin' wine and lovin' you was fun

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