Kenny Rogers - Tomb Of The Unknown Love Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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   One time I drove to see a girl across the country
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One night as I was driving through New Mexico
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I had the windows wide open it was cold and I was crying
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And I laid her letter on the radio
 
[Verse 2]
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Then I stopped outside of Tahoe through this tiny mining town
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At a diner to refill for the ride
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And in the wind I heard this crying like a heart broke right in two
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I turned my collar up and went inside
 
[Verse 3]
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Where I saw this smiling waitress joshing friendly with these truckers
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They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves
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I said miss what's that awful crying everybody laughed and said
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It's the tomb of the unknown love
 
[Pre-chorus]
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And then they pointed out the window to this stone
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All by itself beneath the tree beside the hill
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And on that winter night I read these words alone
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These words that are haunting me still it said
 
[Chorus]
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Here lies a young man struck down in his prime
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By the awesome burning power of love
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He couldn't stand this true love cheating so he shot the girl down
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  They hung him from that tree up above
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I know that local folks say it's the wind
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I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown love
 
[Solo]
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[Verse 5]
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  So I drove on to my destination
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I did the job my heart commanded of me
 
And when the sheriff sirens came I didn't even try to fight
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They counted ten I came out at three
 
[Verse 6]
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So now I guess tomorrow morning warden reads some kind of paper
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How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done
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Hey then they'll put the shackles on me and we'll take a little walk
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They won't have to drag me cause it's said and done
 
[Pre-chorus]
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And maybe someday they can put me up a stone
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All by itself beneath the tree beside the hill
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And lovers everywhere can come and read along
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These words that will give them a chill and it'll say
 
[Chorus]
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Here lies a young man struck down in his prime
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By the awesome burning power of love
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He couldn't stand this true love cheating so he shot the girl down
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  They hung him from that tree up above
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I know that local folks say it's the wind
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I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown love
 
[Solo]
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