Long Violent History chords by Tyler Childers

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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It's the worst that it's been since the last time it happened
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It's happening again right in front of our eyes
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There's updated footage, wild speculation
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Tall tales and hearsay and absolute lies

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Been passed off as factual when actually, the actual
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Causes they're awkwardly blockin' the way
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Keeping us all from enjoyin' our evening
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Shoving its roots through the screens in our face

Verse 2:
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Now, what would you get if you heard my opinion
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Conjecturin' on matters that I ain't never dreamed
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In all my born days as a white boy from Hickman
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Based on the way that the world's been to mе?

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It's called me belligеrent, it's took me for ignorant
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But it ain't never once made me scared just to be
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Could you imagine just constantly worryin'
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Kickin' and fightin', beggin' to breathe?

Verse 3:
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How many boys could they haul off this mountain
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Shoot full of holes, cuffed and laid in the streets
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Til we come in to town in a stark ravin' anger
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Looking for answers and armed to the teeth?

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Thirty aught sixes, Papaw's old pistol
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How many, you reckon, would it be, four or five?
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Or would that be the start of a long, violent history
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Tuckin' our tails as we try to abide?

Outro:
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Would that be the start of a long, violent history
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Tuckin' our tails as we try to abide?