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inthisworld
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*G/F# = bass note walk down from G to F# to Em Am/B is walk up to C[Intro]G[Verse]GI couldn't be happy in the city at nightG7You can't see the stars for the neon lightsCSidewalk's dirty and the river is worseGUnderground trains all run in reverseDsus2Nobody here can dance like meGEverybody clapping on the one and the three[Chorus]C GAm I the last of my kind?C GAm I the last of my kind?[Verse]GSo many people with so much to doG G7Winter so cold my hands turn blueCOld men sleeping on the filthy groundGThey spend their whole day just walking aroundDsus2Nobody else here seems to careGThey walk right past them like they ain't even there[Chorus]C GAm I the last of my kind?C G G/F#Am I the last of my kind?[Verse]Em C G G/F#Daddy said the river would always lead me homeEm CBut the river can't take me back in timeGAnd Daddy's dead and goneDsus2 Am Am/BThe family farm's a parking lot for Walton's five and dime[Chorus]C GAm I the last of my kind?C GAm I the last of my kind?[Verse]GTried to go to college but I didn't belongG G7Everything I said was either funny or wrongCLaughed at my boots, laughed at my jeansGLaughed when they gave me amphetaminesDsus2Left me alone in a bad part of townGThirty-six hours to come back down[Chorus]C GAm I the last of my kind?C G G/F#Am I the last of my kind?[Verse]Em C G G/F#Mama says God won't give you too much to bearEm CThat might be true in ArkansasGBut I'm a long, long way from thereDsus2 Am Am/BThat whole world's an old and faded picture in my mind[Chorus]C GAm I the last of my kind?C GAm I the last of my kind?C GAm I the last of my kind?C GAm I the last of my kind?[Outro]G G/F# Em C GG G/F# Em C G
Dsus2 Am Am/B
C G
C G (x3)