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Am X02210 Em 022000 D XX0232 Em7 022033
Csus4 X32033
[Intro]
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[Verse]
G
He was standing in the rubble
C G
Of an old farmhouse outside of Birmingham
G
When some on-the-scene reporter
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Stuck a camera in the face of that old man
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He said, tell the folks, please mister
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What are you gonna do
C
Now that this twister has taken
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All that's dear to you
Em D
The old man just smiled and said
C
Boy, let me tell you something
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This ain't nothin'
[Chorus]
Csus4
He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old
G
That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole
Csus4
And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand
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In a no-win situation in a place called Vietnam
Em7 D
And last year I watched my lovin' wife
Csus4 G
Of fifty years, waste away and die
Am Em7 Csus4 D
And I held her hand as her heart of gold stopped pumpin'
[Verse]
G Em7 Csus4
So, this ain't nothin'
G
He said, I learned at an early age
C G
There's things that matter and there's things that don't
G C
So if you're waiting here for me to cry,
D
I hate to disappoint you boy, but I won't
G
Then he reached down in the rubble
And picked up a photograph
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Wiped the dirt off of it
Am Em
With the hand that he still had
He put it to his lips
D C D
Said, man she was somethin'
G
But, this ain't nothin'
[Chorus]
Csus4
He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old
G
That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole
Csus4
And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand
G Csus4 G
In a no win situation in a place called Vietnam
Em7 D
And last year I watched my lovin' wife
Csus4 G
Of fifty years, waste away and die
Am Em7 Csus4 D
We were holding hands, as her heart of gold stopped pumpin'
G
So, this ain't nothin'
[Verse]
C G D
He said this ain't nothin' that time won't erase
C D
And this ain't nothin' money can't replace
Em D
He said, you sit and watch your lovin' wife
C G
Of fifty years, fightin' for her life
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Then you hold her hand 'til that heart of gold stops pumpin'
Yeah, boy that's somethin'
G C
So, this ain't nothin'
G C G
No, this ain't nothin'
