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Richard Shindell - State Of The Union CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: Em C (5x)

That ^Emnice easy ^Gmark at the ^Cedge of the ^Gpark ^C A slam dunk if ^Gever I ^Csaw ^Done I ^Emdon't know what ^Ghappened, I just ^Clet it go ^Gby I ^Cguess maybe ^Dout of re^Emspect ^C ^Em ^C

This old ^Emtown is my ^Ghome, and I'm ^Cnot so far ^Ggone ^C That I don't feel like ^Ganyone ^Celse ^D And it ^Emdidn't seem ^Gright to ^Cadd to the ^Gwrong I de^Ccided to ^Dget me some ^Emhelp

CHORUS:

If ^Cnot now, then when? I was ^Dasking my^Emself ^COver and ^Gover a^Dgain Make it ^Emright, get ^Gfree, get ^Crid of the ^Amjunk I've ^Cheard it can ^Dhappen that ^Emway ^C ^Em ^C

So I went ^Emdown to the ^Gclinic on a ^CHundred and ^GTenth I ^Cgot on the ^Gmethado^Cne program^D I ^Emwaited on ^Gline every ^Cmorning at ^Gnine For my ^Clittle white ^Dcup, my re^Emprieve ^C ^Em ^C

It was ^Emgoing o^Gkay, I was ^Cfeeling al^Gright I ^Ceven got ^Gback with^C my ^Ddaughter I ^Emlost a few ^Gfriends, they were ^Canything ^Gbut ^C Just took it one ^Dday at ^Emtime

CHORUS:

If ^Cnot now, then when? I was ^Dasking my^Emself ^COver and ^Gover a^Dgain Make it ^Emright, get ^Gfree, get ^Crid of the ^Amjunk ^C They say it can ^Dhappen that ^Emway ^C ^Em ^C

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I ^Emcan't say for ^Gsure how it ^Call fell a^Gpart ^C One thing just ^Gled t^Co a^Dnother ^EmNext thing I ^Gknew, I had ^Cstolen a ^Gcar I was ^Cflying straight ^Dup to the ^EmBronx ^C ^Em ^C

Must've ^Emlost the old ^Gtouch, I ^Cblew through a ^Gtoll They ^Ccaught me just ^Goutside of ^CRy^De Sporting ^Emall that re^Gmained of my ^Cnew-found re^Gsolve A ^Cshirt that ^Dsaid NYP^EmD

CHORUS:

Some ^Cshred of my soul could ^Dalmost be^Emlieve That the ^CLord sent those ^Gcruisers for ^Dme Make it ^Emright, get ^Gfree, get ^Crid of the ^Amjunk ^C But it don't always ^Dhappen that ^Emway

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At the ^Emhalf-way house^G we're ^Csitting a^Ground ^CWatching the ^GState of the ^CUni^Don Me, I'm ^Emrolling that ^Gstone ^Cright back up the ^Ghill Watch ^Cout for the ^Dshit coming ^Emdown ^C ^Em ^C

'Cause the ^EmPresident's ^Gup there ^Cgrinning that ^Ggrin ^CThinking he's some^G kind of ^CJohn ^DWayne We're ^Emhowling and ^Gjeering, all his ^Ctalk about ^Gdrilling And ^Cshooting our ^Dway out of ^Emthis

CHORUS:

If ^Cnot now then when, we're all ^Dasking our^Emselves ^COver and ^Gover a^Dgain Make it ^Emright? Get ^Gfree? Get ^Crid of the ^Amjunk? ^C But it don't always ^Dhappen that ^Emway

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Richard Shindell - State of the union