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Up on Main St, they built a highway
Em C
Changed its name to Johnson Boulevard
G D
Up on Thursday down on Friday
Em C
People ask me why are things so hard
G
Times been hard though
D Em
From Laredo to San Jacinto
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And it’s a long way back home
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There’s an old train in a stock yard
Em C
It’s like a graveyard of things come and gone
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And the wind moves on a gravestone
Em
Where the names gone
C
And everybody knows
G
Times been hard though
D Em
In Laredo to San Jacinto
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And it’s a long way back home
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Sometimes you’re standing still
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And the wind just beats you down
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Oh and sometimes it’s just so hard
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to keep your two feet right there on the ground
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Mother’s faithful
D
She goes to church still
Em
Prays on Sunday
C
And Mondays too
G
Father's somewhere
D
In the back field
Em
Thinking out loud
C
That this ain'’t nothing new
G
Times been hard though
D Em
From Laredo to San Jacinto
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So why don’t we just go back home
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Why don’t we just go back home