Chords for Ben Bullington : Born In '55

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_ _ It [F] was hot and I was [C] thirsty, _ so I [F] pulled off for a beer.
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[F] The woman said, you need [C] I.D. [Dm] or I can't serve you [G] here. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] She had that slightly [C] hardened look [F] like _ barmaids [G] often do,
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As they [F] wait to send [C] you packing, _ at the [Dm] first sign that you [G] might get rude.
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ I still [C] remember _ [F] when I was eight [G] years [C] old, _ _ _ _
_ [F] And they called us to the [C]
lunchroom and [Dm] told us _ [G] JFK was gone.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] My teacher, she was [C] crying, _ [F] I felt so bad for [C] her. _ _ _
_ _ [F] That was the part I [C] understood, _ [F] about the rest I wasn't [G] sure.
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[F] night on the TV, [C] _ [F] we watched the way he [C] died. _ _
_ I was [Am] born in 55, ma'am, _ [G] I was born in 55.
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_ _ [F] And then the fight for [C] civil rights, _ [F] with marches, strikes [C] and tested _ _ wills.
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No one was [C] surprised that much, [Dm] when Martin Luther [G] King was killed. _
_ _ _ [F] Cause change, it comes and [C] fits and starts, [F] with no regard [C] for _ lives.
_ _ I [Am] was born in 55, ma'am, I [G] was born in 55.
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[F] And then just two months [C] later, _ _
[F] Bobby died [G] that day. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] [F] That little bastard [C] shot him, _ [Dm] in a hotel in [G] L.A.
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[F] that point, three great [C] men were dead, [F] and Nixon left _ [C] alive. _
_ _ _ I was [Am] born in 55, ma'am, _ I was [G] born in 55.
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_ _ _ [F] And I recall the [C] _ headlines, on [F] the papers that my [C] father read.
_ _ _ There [F] were numbers for the [C] wounded, _ [Dm] and numbers for the [G] dead. _ _
_ _ _ [F] And Hendricks lit up [C] _ Woodstock, [F] in _ _ [C] 1969.
_ _ _ _ _ I [Am] was born in 55, ma'am, I [G] was born in 55.
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_ _ But [F] finally she just [C] looked at me, [F] and lit a cigarette.
[C] _ _ _ [F] Put a cold one [C] on the bar, [Dm] I drank it, [G] then I left.
_ _ _ _ _ I [F] walked out to my [C] car, _ [F] and went on with my [C] _ drive. _
_ _ I [Am] was born in 55, ma'am, I was [G] born in 55.
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