David Olney - Lean And Hungry Years guitar chord

"Lean And Hungry Years" (Words and music by David Olney)

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Well, if rich was having money, I reckon I was poor

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If success was being good, I was bad down to the core

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Cause the times were hard and lonesome and the thrills were stricktly cheap

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But the nights were warm and hazy and the women soft and sweet

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And laughter filled my throat and music filled my ears

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And dreams filled my head in the lean and hungry years

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With the lowdown and the workers, with the no pound and no good

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Trust was something sacred, I knew where I stood

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Yeah, I knew I could count on when the burdens got too great

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When the bad news came too early and the good news came too late

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I roared out all my anger and I choke back all my tears

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That's how you make it through those lean and hungry years

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Well, a dollar was an angel and a fool was a king

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And any old excuse was good enough to sing

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All those songs that weren't so pretty, they were ragged, but they were right

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And they were all you had some times to get you through the night

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When right outside your window were a million doubts and fears

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A song to keep you warm and those lean and hungry years

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When right outside your window were a million doubts and fears

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A song to keep you warm and those lean and hungry years

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From "Roses", 1991 Philo 1137

(David Olney/Hayes Court Music-Irving Music, BMI)