The Great Compromise Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I knew a girl who was almost a lady.
She had [C]a way with all
the men in her [Em]life.[G]
[D]Every inch of her blossoming beauty.
She was [C]born on the 4th [G]of July.
She lived in an aluminum house trailer
And she [Em]worked [C]in a juke[Em]box saloon
[G]And she[D] spent all the
money that I give her
Just to [C]see the old man in [G]me
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
And [C]awake in the dawn's [Em]early [G]light
But much [Em]to my [C]surprise,
when [Em]I opene[G]d my eyes,
I [D]was a victim of the Great Comprom[G]ise.
We used to go out on Saturday evenings,
to the [C]drive -in on Route [G]41.
And it was [D]there that I first suspected
She was [C]doin' what she'd already [G]done
She said, Danny,
won't you buy me some popcorn?
And she [C]knew I had to walk pretty far
[G]And [D]as soon as I passed
through the moonlight
She hopped [C]into a foreign sports [G]car
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
And [C]awake in the dawn's early light
[G]But much to [C]my surprise
when I opene[G]d my eyes
I was the [D]victim of a great
[G]compromise
Now you know,
I could have beat up that fella,
but it was [C]her that had hopped
into [G]his car.
So [D]many times I fought to protect her,
but this [C]time she was just
going [G]too far.
There are some folks who
call me a coward
Because I [C]left her at the drive
[G]-in that night
But I'd [D]rather have names thrown at me
Than to fight [C]for a thing that [G]ain't right
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
And [C]awake in the dawn's early light
[G]But much to [C]my surprise,
when [Em]I opene[G]d my eyes,
I [D]was a victim of the Great Comprom[G]ise.
Now she writes all the fellas love letters,
saying, [C]Greetings,
come and see me real [G]soon.
They [D]all line up in the bar room,
and spend the [C]night in that sick
woman's [G]room.
Sometimes I get awful lonesome,
and I [C]wish she were my girl instead.
[G]She[D] won't let me live with her,
she just [C]makes me live in my [G]head.
I used to sleep at the foot of Old Glory
And [C]awake in the dawn's early [G]light
But much [C]to my surprise
when I opene[G]d my eyes
I [D]was a victim of the Great Comprom
[C]ise[Em][G][Asus4][G]
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