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TANGO TILL THEYRE SORE

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play that tar - an - tel - la all the hounds they start to roar. (2.) sure they play my theme song, I guess dais - ies will have to do.

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boys all go to hell and then the get me to New Or - leans and paint

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tan - go till theyre sore They drum and let me down. Put my

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take a part their night-mares and they clar - i - net be - neath your bed till

leave them by the door. I get back to town.

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breath till the sun goes down Write my

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name on the hood,

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to an-oth -er town.

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the win - dow with con - fet - ti in my

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blan - ket

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the stairs.

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Em
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Ill

tell you all my

se - crets, but

lie

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a - bout my past.

Will you

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" & & & & & & $& & &
send me off to bed for - ev - er

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