Careful Manv2

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From: MarkHenjum@aol.com

Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 18:05:05 -0400

CAREFUL MAN

Words and music by Jim Croce

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I don't gamble, I don't

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fight

I don't be

<a>hangin' in the bars at

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night

Yeah I

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used to be a

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fighter

But <

A>now I

A <

B7>wiser man<

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I don't drink much, I don't

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smoke

I don't be

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<a>hardly mess around with no

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dope

Yeah I

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used to be a

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problem

But <

A>now I

A <

B7>careful man<

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CHORUS:

But if you

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used to want to see a commotion

You should have

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seen the man that I used to be

I was

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trouble in perpetual motion

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Trouble with a capital

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"T"

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Stayin' out late, havin'

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fun

And shot off

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<a>every single shot in my

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gun

Yeah I

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used to be a

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lover

But

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<a>now I am an

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older man

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Yeah I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man

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