16th Avenue
Thom Schuyler

CAPO 5th Fret

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From the corners of the country from the cities and the farms
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With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms
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They walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
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So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Av-enue
 
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With a million dollar spirit and an old flat top guitar
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They drive to town with all they own in a hundred dollar car
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Cause one time someone told them about a friend of a friend they knew
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Who owns you know a studio on 16th Av-enue
 
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Now some are born to money they never had to say survive
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And others swing a nine pound hammer just to stay alive
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There's cowboys drunks and Christians mostly white and black and blue
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They all look the same while seeking fame on 16th Av-enue
 
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Ah but then one night in some empty room where no curtains ever hung
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Like a miracle some golden words roll off of someone's tongue
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And after years of being nothing they're all looking right at you
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And there for awhile they'll go in style on 16th Av-enue
 
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Hey it looks so uneventful so quiet and discreet
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But a lot of lives were changed there on that little one-way street
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Cause they walked away from everything just to see a dream come true
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So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Av-enue

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