Tired

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My name is Jackson, I was named after my father
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Followed in his footsteps, down here to this factory
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I aren’t complaining, wouldn't waste my breath to bother
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This work aren’t hard, it's only boring as can be


[Verse 2]
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Married Rebecca back in seventy-seven
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I still love her and I guess she loves me too
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We go to church on Sundays 'cause we want to go to heaven
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Me and my family, aren’t that how you're supposed to do


[Verse 3]
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But I'm tired, Lord I'm tired
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Life is wearing me smooth down to the bone
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No rest for the weary, you just move on
F#m             E
Tired, Lord I'm tired


[Verse 4]
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I've only missed six days in nigh on twenty years o' work
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The money went to taxes and these bills I've paid on time
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The raise I got two months ago don't meet the cost o' living
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Selling my body for these nickels and these dimes


[Verse 5]
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The smell of Becky's coffee rolled me out of bed this morning
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I showered and shaved and dressed and pulled my work boots on
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Walked in the kitchen, she was staring out the window
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The way she said good morning made me ask is something wrong
         F#m                E
She said I'm tired, woke up tired
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Life is wearing me smooth down to the bone
Bm              A                    E
No rest for the weary, you just move on
Bm                    A               E
I guess you just keep going till your gone
F#m             E
Tired, Lord I'm tired
F#m            E
Tired, God I'm tired