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Date: 1/4/02; 12:45:54 AM
 From: k5uyb@juno.com
 Subject: NASHVILLE IS ROUGH ON THE LIVING
 NASHVILLE IS ROUGH ON THE LIVING
 Recorded by: The Old Dogs
 (Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, Jerry Reed & Mel Tills)
 Written by: Shel Silverstein   
 [1] His Picture Was in all the Papers
 They Said that a Legend had Passed
 The [4] Late Evenin' News did a Special Report
 Swore that his Mem'ry would [1] Last
 
 [1] They're Playin' his Records all Weekend
 Praisin' the Life that he [4] Led
 Nashville Is Rough On The [1] Living
 But She [5] Really Speaks Well of the [1] Dead   
 
 [chords same as above]
 The Wife that they Interviewed, Cryin'
 Is the Same One who Left him last Fall
 And the Record Producer who Called him a Hero
 Is the One Who wouldn't Answer his Call
 
 The Ladies, they Sit over Coffee
 Braggin' 'bout Sharin' his Bed
 They didn't Want him Around when he's Livin'
 But he's Sure a Good Friend when he's Dead
 
 BRIDGE:
 They Ob-[4]-served Twenty [5] Seconds of [1] Silence 
 At the [5] Opry on Saturday [1] Night
 And they're [4] Searchin' the Bars and the [1] Basements
 For [2] Some Souvenir of his [5] Life [4] [3m] [2m]
 
 [chords same as first part]
 They're Plannin' a Book for September
 Showin' his Plain Country Roots
 And they're Sellin the Rights to the Movie
 And the Hall of Fame's Gettin' his Boots
 
 At the Funeral Somebody Recited a Poem
 That Told How he Suffered and Bled
 Nashville Is Rough On The Living
 But She Really Speaks Well of the Dead
 
 TAG:
 YEA!, [4] Nashville Is Rough On The [1] Living
 But She [5] Really Speaks Well of the [1] Dead
 
 Note. Transcribed lyrics and chords by K5UYB & ZOOMER