Murder On Music Row

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Nobody saw him runnin' from 16th 
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aven-ue
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They never found a finger print or 
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the weapon that was used.
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But some-one killed country music 
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cut out it's heart and soul
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They got away with murder down on 
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music row
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The all mighty dollar and the lust
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 for world wide fame
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Slowly killed tra-dition and for 
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that someone should pay
                                    
  (Aw you tell 'em Allan)
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They all say "not guilty" But the 
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evidence will show
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That murder was committed down on 
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music row

[Chorus]
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For the steel guitars no longer 
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cry and fiddles barely play
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But drums and rock'n'roll guitars 
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are mixed  "2.)right" up in your 
face
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1,) Old Hank wouldn't have a chance
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     on today's radi-o
2.) Why the Hag wouldn't have a 
chance  on today's radi-o
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Since they committed murder down 
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on music row

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They thought no one would miss it 
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once it was dead and gone
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They said no one would buy them old
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 drinkin' and cheatin' songs
                                    
      (But I'll still buy 'em)
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There ain't no justice in and the 
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hard facts are cold
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Murder's been committed down on 
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music row
Go to chorus using 2.), then to 
ending

[Chorus]
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Why they'd even tell the 'possum to
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 pack up and go back home
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There's been an awful murder down 
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on music row