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Sending The Old Man Home
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By Jimmy Buffett
G D Db G (E) G
They're sending the ...
G D Db D (A) D
Back where the ...
C A D G F# E
Out in the Pacific, ....
A D
Now he's in his civvies, headin' ....
G D Db G (E) G
He'll never ...
G C G C
Or sleepless nights he ...
* C A D G F# E
He'll only have the memories, or ....,
A D G
'Cause they're sending the ...
C G A D
Faraway... Faraway... Another ....
They'll tear down the ....
(Coda)
He'll only have his memories, or ....
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[This is a beginner's arrangement, so it is probably full of
errors, but the lyrics are correct. It is a great ballad though...]
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// Mike A. Hall // "If I don't die by Thursday, //
// mhall@moe.coe.uga.edu // I'll be roarin' Friday night." //
// // --J.Buffett //
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