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1. I’ve heard the sound of my dear old mama crying,
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and
the sound of the train that took me off to war,
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and
the awful sound of a thousand bombs exploding,
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and I
wondered if I could take it anymore.
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2. There were times when they almost drove me crazy,
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but I
did my best, I took it like a man.
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But who would think in my
lonely room I’d hear it,
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G
the one
sound in the world my heart can’t stand.
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To hear that sound and to know
it’s really over,
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through
tear stained eyes I watched her walk away.
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And of earthquakes, storms and
guns and war,
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Lord, nothing has ever hurt me
more than that lonely sound,
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the
closing of the door. (orig.
moves up half a note to capo 1st here)
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And of earthquakes, storms and
guns and war,
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G
Lord, nothing has ever hurt me
more than that lonely sound,
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the
closing of the doo…..r.
(George Jones)