Looking Back At Myself

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  D
I put down my razor
 And toweled off my face.
          Bm
Thought I saw a new wrinkle.
 And another strand of grey.
     G
That one little scar kept catching 
my eye.
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Re minding me how time does fly

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I was only a kid
 When I had that first fight.
      Bm
But I still don't give in
 When I believe that i'm right.
       G
And at least I can stand here and 
like what I see.
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In the man that he turned out to be.

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Lookin' back at my self.
              Bm
It's plain to see.
                       Em
That the cold hands of time
A                       D
Ain't had much mercy on me.
      C           G
But I played a st raight game.
A                        Bm
With the cards that were delt.
                          Em
But I can look straight a head
G       A          D
Looking back at my self.

      D
Now I ain't been no angel
 But I've learned right from wrong.
          Bm
Thanks to Mamma and a hickory
 And a love so strong.
        G
Yes she taught the rules that life 
is lived by.
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Ain't for got what you get for 
 A
gettin' out a line

             D
Now this ol' world throws some 
punches
 And I've taken a few.
       Bm
Now my skins tuff as leather
 But I've grown strong with the 
truth.
             G
There's been so many times I coulda 
just stepped aside.
       E                         
Ah but then I couldn't stand here 
      A
with this piece of mind.

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Lookin' back at my self.
              Bm
It's plain to see.
                       Em
That the cold hands of time
A                       D
Ain't had much mercy on me.
      C           G
But I played a st raight game.
A                        Bm
With the cards that were delt.
                          Em
But I can look straight a head
G       A          D
Looking back at my self.

                      Em
Still look straight a head
G       A          D
Looking back at my self.