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My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven
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Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes
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That boy's not right
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Three years ago when I came to know Mary
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First time that someone looked beyond the rumors and the lies
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And saw the man inside
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We used to walk down by the river
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She loved to watch the sun go down
F G Am
We used to walk along the ri.... ver
G F Am
And dream our way out of this town
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No one understood what I felt for Mary
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No one cared until the night she went out walking all alone
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And never came home
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Man with a badge came knocking next morning
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Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly
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Pointed right at me
F C
I swear I left her by the river
F Am
I swear I left her safe and sound
F C Am
I need to make it to the ri.... ver
G F Am
And leave this old Nebraska town
Bridge
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I think about my life gone by
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How it's done me wrong
G F
There's no escape for me this time
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All of my rescues are go...ne, long gone
Guitar Break
F C
I swear I left her by the river
F Am
I swear I left her safe and sound
F C Am
I need to make it to the ri.... ver
G F Am
And leave this old Nebraska town