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E                       A
I never knew this place had so much empty space
E
Until tonight
                              B7
When you walked right out the door
E                              A
And so I walked to our bedside and pulled out that 45
E                     B7                E
That laid for years behind our chest of drawers
E
At first it looked too worn to play,
A
The label all but washed away
E                                  B7
Then I made out the name of my old friend
E
Thirty years and a scratch or two
A
But when the needle hit the groove
E             B7          E
I knew it was crying time again
                 A
The Buck starts here
                  E
With Hank sure to follow
                     B7
Turn him up loud and clear
                A    E
He's singing my sorrow
                       A
Let the sad songs roll on
                            E
Through a house filled with tears
                        B7
Where the good times is gone
                E
The Buck starts here

E
The people in the house next door
A
think I'm tearing up the floor
E
It's half past four
                      B
My lights are burning bright
E
But this occasion's no big deal
A
It's just some boys from Bakersfield
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Who came around to help me through the night
                 A
The Buck starts here
                  E
With Hank sure to follow
                     B7
Turn him up loud and clear
                A    E
He's singing my sorrow
                       A
Let the sad songs roll on
                            E
Through a house filled with tears
                        B7
Where the good times is gone
                E
The Buck starts here