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SECOND EFFORT   Time: 2/2 (sync)   Tenor: Bb   Bass: Bb
          6m                        4                      1    *
I've been sitting here crying since long before the day be-gan
        5                           *                    2m               4
With my pockets full of nothing but broken dreams and my head in my empty hands
    6m                                4              1    *
The winnings that I thought I had and come so far to get
    5                         *                       4              1      (* * *)
Are further away then they've ever been, they've been taken by anoth-er man
  6m                        4              1      *
I wouldn't take a train for home even if I could
                   5                        *                2m                   4
Cause they've been saving their joy for the hometown boy who went away to make it good
           6m                             4                      1     *
I bet they cleared away the parlour so my Ma can dance me in the door
        5                     *                   4                         1
And the old man can wink, and pour me a drink and ask me what the tears are for
CHORUS:
     3m              4            5         1    *
It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin
          5                     *                        4                       1
A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win
    3m                  4                         1        *
And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down
         5                      *                   2m              1        (*)
Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town
  6m                           4                        1       *
I know I'm not crying 'cause I think I've had it mighty tough
  5                *                    2m                 4
I did my best with all the rest, but it just wasn't good e-nough
              6m                       4                    1       *
And I've been working and training too long just to make it here
          5                    *                4               1
To merely swallow my pride and walk outside and come back anoth-er year
REPEAT CHORUS THEN:
          5                      *                    2m              4        (1)
I want to drown in the grape and make my escape, on a ticket to anoth-er town
- Strum: Clawhammer B, 43, B2, 43
- Asterisk (*) =  new measure, play same chord
CHORDS (Number System):
- Key of C:        C      D      E      F      G      A  B  
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

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Second Effort

by Stan Rogers

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SECOND EFFORT Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: Bb Bass: Bb

6m 4 1 *

I've been sitting here crying since long before the day be-gan

5 * 2m 4

With my pockets full of nothing but broken dreams and my head in my empty hands

6m 4 1 *

The winnings that I thought I had and come so far to get

5 * 4 1 (* * *)

Are further away then they've ever been, they've been taken by anoth-er man

6m 4 1 *

I wouldn't take a train for home even if I could

5 * 2m 4

Cause they've been saving their joy for the hometown boy who went away to make it good

6m 4 1 *

I bet they cleared away the parlour so my Ma can dance me in the door

5 * 4 1

And the old man can wink, and pour me a drink and ask me what the tears are for

CHORUS:

3m 4 5 1 *

It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin

5 * 4 1

A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win

3m 4 1 *

And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down

5 * 2m 1 (*)

Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town

6m 4 1 *

I know I'm not crying 'cause I think I've had it mighty tough

5 * 2m 4

I did my best with all the rest, but it just wasn't good e-nough

6m 4 1 *

And I've been working and training too long just to make it here

5 * 4 1

To merely swallow my pride and walk outside and come back anoth-er year

REPEAT CHORUS THEN:

5 * 2m 4 (1)

I want to drown in the grape and make my escape, on a ticket to anoth-er town

- Strum: Clawhammer B, 43, B2, 43

- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord

CHORDS (Number System):

C C D E F G A B

- Key of :

- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

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