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Then they shipped my Amass and they worked me pFlace to place
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I'm working 'til the debt is gone
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DmThe upside of it
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Verse 2N
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Bb....
Up, up, up, up, up in the sky some place
C....
Bb...I got treasures up in he
Faven and the state just takes the rest
Verse 3C....
Bb..I been working at the sawmill down in Kinleith for some time
C....
Bb..I'm gonna save for my own furniture and kitchen down the line
C....
Bb..But they make it hard to pay for things outside of cigarettes
C....
Bb...Mm, it's just the jobs we're in, well, alright then, and amen
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C/Eome to find me
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And in a m
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I'm working 'til the debt is gone
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DmThe upside of i
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And in a m
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