Hợp âm Ace

Lời & hợp âm

[Verse 1]
[D]By:[G] ji[D]mmy[G] buffett
[D]1971
Hardly seems [A]a long time
Just a [G]minute of [D]the day
But the [F#m]man who stood beside me[G]
More than [E]gave himself [A]away
The [D]food stain on his spot[A]ted shirt
A [G]gray beard [A]on [D]his face
A man composed of [G]many names
So [A]I just called h[D]im ace

[Verse 2]
Chorus: [G]But
ace can't read [D]and ace can't write
And [A]he sleeps [D]on a bench at night
[G]A little man the wor[A]ld has left behind
[D]He [G]ain't bitter, he ain[D]'t sweet
[A]Makes his living [D]on the street
[G]Never knowing wha[A]t he's
gonna [D]find[G][D]

[Verse 3]
[D]Born in mississip[A]pi
Picking [G]cotton [A]as [D]a child
[F#m]Left soon for the c[G]ity
Where he [E]heard that life [A]was wild
[D]That was fifty [A]years ago
When [G]nothing's [A]really [D]strange
>from a poor dirt farm to [G]dirty [D]streets
Is [A]really not much [D]change[G]

[Verse 4]
Chorus:
And ace can't read [D]and ace
can't write
And he [A]sleeps [D]on a bench at night
[G]A little man the wor[A]ld has left behin[D]d
[G]He ain't bitter, he [D]ain't sweet
[A]Makes his living [D]on the street
[G]Never knowing wha[A]t he's
gonna [D]find

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][A][D]

[Verse 5]
[D]Go back to the [A]country
No he [G]really can[A]'t [D]do that
[F#m]Wasted years [G]have left him
Nothing [E]but an old straw [A]hat
[D]So he puts [A]it on his head
[G]And waves a last good-bye
[D]No No time left to [G]turn around
[A]And no time to ask [D]why

[Verse 6]
[G]Chorus:
Ace can't read [D]and ace can't write
And he [A]sleeps on [D]a bench at night
[G]A little man the wor[A]ld has left behin[D]d
[G]He ain't bitter, [D]he ain't sweet
[A]Makes his living [D]on the street
[G]Never knowing wha[A]t he's gonna fin[D]d
And [G]this old world has left [A]poor
ace be[D]hind[G]

[Outro 1]
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