Chords for Dirty River Boys "Union Painters"

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_ _ _ Well, I joined the union _ [F] a long [C] time ago.
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_ _ [C] Now the paint in my bucket _ resembles my soul. _
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I don't paint for the union, [F] but it paints [C] for me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ And [C] a fine union painter _ [F] _
I'll [C] always be. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ On [C] my way to Nevada, [F] I broke myself [C] _ down.
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] Here I've been stranded [F] five years in [C] this town. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ When I heard of a place, [F] a place I [C] could stay, _
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_ They said I'd find Jesus [F] and be [G] on [C] my way. _
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[Am] said I'd find Jesus, [F] but that's what [C] they prayed. _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ But [F] I wound up [C] in prison just [G] before I [C] was saved.
[F] But I wound [C] up in prison [G] just before [C] I was saved. _
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Well, I traveled the country, but I don't have a home. _ _ _
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[C] I'm surrounded by others, [F] but I'm [C] always alone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ When the pain's time comes, I [F] jump back on [C] a train. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Spend all my green dollars [F] just to poison [C] my veins.
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_ _ [Am] They said I'd find [F] Jesus, but [G] that's what [C] they prayed. _
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[F] But I wound [C] up in prison just [G] before I [C] was saved.
But [F] I wound up [C] in prison just [G] before [C] I was saved.
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_ _ _ I was dead on arrival, but [F] now He opened [C] my eyes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm still searching for freedom [F] beneath southern [C] _ skies.
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I don't paint for the U [F].N., but they paint [C] for me. _ _ _
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And a fine union painter [F] _
I'll [C] always be.
[F] Yes, a fine [C] union painter _ [G] _ I'll always [C] be. _ _ _ _ _
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