Mr Lincoln

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Mr. Lincoln I wish you were here
The R[A]epublics changed alot in a hun[E]dred years            [D]
I do[A]n't think its wor[E]king like you planned  [D]
Mr L[A]incoln we sure c[E]ould use a hand         [D]

I just r[D]ead the headlines in the Na[A]shville News         [G]
And I wis[D]h i made this up but im afr[A]aid its true         [G]
Cause a man w[D]as murdered for his money i[A]n the street                 [G]
He was takin[D] his wife to a nice plac[A]e to eat           [G]
When they [D]caught the man he did 23 months of time[A]                   [G]
He pl[D]ead insanity like they do now all [A]the time           [G]
Sir w[D]hat would you have done in 1859           [A]               [G]
now if you sho[D]ot someone sir you can get o[A]ff scott free                 [G]
its the lat[D]est thing mr Lincoln[A] can you believe        [G]
Now they su[D]e the manufactures of t[A]he guns              [G]
aint the la[D]w changed alot sinc[A]e 1861            [E]

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I just [D]heard the new story on[A] the radio       [G]
they let da[D]ngerous men outta prison now yes[A] sir im afraid its so   [G]
cause theyre over[D]crowded and it was only his fifth of[A]fense              [G]
      [D]                              [A]
[G]and this time hes killed someone does that make any sense
Now my lawy[D]er called me about a nuisa[A]nce case                 [G]
Cause ever[D]ybody sues over any little thin[A]g these days                [G]
well at[D] least we're right all we gotta do is[A] tell the truth          [G]
he said youre livin[D]g in the past you ro[A]mantic fool            [G]
i said you got [D]that right i lean tow[A]ard the older ways            [G]
And theres damn [D]few back woods lawyers left[A] today                 [E]

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