Just Like Downtown chords by Carrie Newcomer

Intro:
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Verse:
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I grew up on an island, somewhere near Chicago
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Learned how to talk tough, just like downtown
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You can drive to the lake and it sure seemed to me
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That it smelled like fresh water, but felt like the sea

Chorus:
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That's right, it's so long now
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You cannot fight this thing any old how
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You can run fast, you can try so hard
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But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who you are

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There was nothing to do but to shut up and drive
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To the water, down the back roads, to the south and east sides
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Some girls got through high school, some never will
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And some walked with a hunger they never would fill

Chorus:
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That's right, it's so long now
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You cannot fight this thing any old how
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You can run fast, you can try so hard
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But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who you are

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But you can cough out the city, you could change your old clothes
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You can soften your accent so nobody knows
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But whenever I'm honest, something in me
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Still looks for fresh water that feels like the sea

Chorus:
F      C           G       Am
That's right, it's so long now
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You cannot fight this thing any old how
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You can run fast, you can try so hard
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But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who you are

Instrumental:
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Bridge:
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I close my  eyes
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And I can still see
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That no one forgets
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What it's like to be and who it is to be

Instrumental:
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Verse:
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Oh, if you see me inclining when no one is speaking
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If you sense that I'm wandering somewhere in my mind
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If you listen real close you might hear the whisper
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Or see how the sunsets on the lake could shine and shine

Chorus:
F      C           G       Am
That's right, it's so long now
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You cannot fight this thing any old how
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You can run fast, you can try so hard
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But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who________ you are

Outro:
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I grew up on an island, somewhere near Chicago
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Learned how to talk tough, just like downtown
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