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[Intro]
A  D  A  D
A  D  A  D
[Verse 1]
AAll the geeks from Dhigh school
AGo on to become rock Dstars
AAll the others reach Dtheir peak
And then dAon't know who Dthey are
B7You can always find them at
The Ebar downtown Dtalkin' 'bAout the old daysD  
A  D
[Verse 2]
AYou bully boys would Dchase him
ADown the halls of that Dschool
AThe teachers didn't care
'cause they all wished Dthey were Acool
B7You know you'd beat him senseless
EIf you could, Dand you always AcouldD  
[Chorus]
DKill the Aweak, lone sDtar
We all Awant to be popDular
Run him Adown and by some mirDacle
B7We will all Dbecome beautiAful ...D  
A  D
[Verse 3]
AThen the day comes Dwhen you hear
AHis song on the radDio
AYou realize he Dnever made it to the
Five-year Areunion a few years DagoA  
B7Where you sat back and drank a Ebeer
To the old class Dgeek who's probably AqueerD  
[Bridge]
EAnd the fat girl at the prom
DThe one who had her mother's dress on
EShe's smiling on the video
And you're the Dcashier down at the old ATexaco
[Chorus]
DKill the Aweak, lone sDtar
We all Awant to be popDular
Run him Adown and by some mirDacle
B7We will all Dbecome beautiAful ...D  
A  D
[Verse 4]
ASo you got the Dday off today from Athat job that you Dhate
AYour ex-wife is leaving Dmessages on your machine
About Ahow your alimony payment is Dlate
B7But the big arena's filling up for the Eshow
And you and the Dboys are gonna Ago
[Chorus]
DKill the Aweak, lone sDtar
We all Awant to be popDular
Run him Adown and by some mirDacle
B7We will all Dbecome
B7We will all Dbecome beautiAful ...D  
A  D
A  D
A  D
[Outro]
B7Tell all the pretty girls Ein the beer line
DHow you are a good friend of mine ...

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Lone Star

by Lori McKenna

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

A D A D

[Verse 1]

A D

All the geeks from high school

A D

Go on to become rock stars

A D

All the others reach their peak

A D

And then don't know who they are

You can always find them at

E D A D

The bar downtown talkin' 'bout the old days

A D

[Verse 2]

A D

You bully boys would chase him

A D

Down the halls of that school

The teachers didn't care

D A

'cause they all wished they were cool

You know you'd beat him senseless

E D A D

If you could, and you always could

[Chorus]

D A D

Kill the weak, lone star

A D

We all want to be popular

A D

Run him down and by some miracle

B7 D A D

We will all become beautiful ...

A D

[Verse 3]

A D

Then the day comes when you hear

A D

His song on the radio

A D

You realize he never made it to the

A D A

Five-year reunion a few years ago

B7 E

Where you sat back and drank a beer

D A D

To the old class geek who's probably queer

[Bridge]

And the fat girl at the prom

The one who had her mother's dress on

She's smiling on the video

D A

And you're the cashier down at the old Texaco

[Chorus]

D A D

Kill the weak, lone star

A D

We all want to be popular

A D

Run him down and by some miracle

B7 D A D

We will all become beautiful ...

A D

[Verse 4]

A D A D

So you got the day off today from that job that you hate

A D

Your ex-wife is leaving messages on your machine

A D

About how your alimony payment is late

B7 E

But the big arena's filling up for the show

D A

And you and the boys are gonna go

[Chorus]

D A D

Kill the weak, lone star

A D

We all want to be popular

A D

Run him down and by some miracle

B7 D

We will all become

B7 D A D

We will all become beautiful ...

A D

[Outro]

B7 E

Tell all the pretty girls in the beer line

How you are a good friend of mine ...

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