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[Verse 1]
A
Well, I've never been a winner but I
              E       A
wondered if I wasn't myself
A
'Cuz I've always been a sinner, I've never
       E           A
really felt like my own self
D                  A
I remember days of infamy
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I remember my friends and they remember me
  A
I guess I need a vision 'cuz I never really
E           A
listen to advice

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[Verse 2]
A
Well, I guess I need a vision 'cuz I never
       E         A
really listen to advice
A
My father was a preacher
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My mother was a diligent wife
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I grew up with the choir singin'
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I grew up straight but I raised up swingin'
      A                    E
By my own estimation I'm a drifter
              A
destination unknown


[Chorus]
A              D         G     A
And it's all I can do to stand up
N.C.                   A        D
I'm really tired but I raise my head and I
G    A
step up


[Verse 3]
A
By my own estimation I'm a drifter
     E        A
destination unknown
A                             E
Never lived a life that I'm ashamed to claim
      A
as my own
D                 A
Call it sin, call it salvation
     D                       F#m     G
Whichever one it is I know I found elation
A
High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun
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runnin' from the law

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[Verse 4]
A
Well, I'm high steppin' honey like a runnin'
    E                A
gun runnin' from the law
A                        E
Never been afraid of anyone or anything I
     A
ever saw
  D                A                           D
A fist came up and cracked my smile and then a man
                       F#m            G   
went down and now he's sleepin' for a while
           A                   E
He's got a dirt bed baby, only baby, he ain't ever
        A
gettin' up


[Chorus]
A              D         G     A
And it's all I can do to stand up
N.C.                 A          D
I'm really tired but I raise my head and I
G    A
step up, step up


[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
A                               E
Yeah, he's gotta dirt bed baby, baby he ain't
             A
ever gettin' up
A
I had a dog named Moses
            E              A
Moses was a diamond in the rough
    D                 A
For fourteen years he walked my side
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Walked this world, that's where he lived and died
A                       E               A
Meaner than hell but he loved me well indeed

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[Verse 6]
A
Well, I've never been a winner but I wondered
     E       A
if I wasn't myself
A
'Cuz I've always been a sinner
                E               A
I never really felt like my own self
D                 A
Call it sin, call it salvation
     D                       F#m     G
Whichever one it is I know I found elation
A
High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun
E                 A
runnin' from the law, and that's all, that's all