Intro: D#  A#

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I was brought in this world 1962
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I didn't have much choice you see
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But by the time I was eight, I could tell it was too late
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I was already barking up the wrong tree
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When I was in school you thought I was a fool
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In trouble, Breaking all the rules
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I was absent from class, My daddy spanked my bare ass
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But I sure tried hard to be cool

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Born to lose, was what they said
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You know I was better off dead
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Born to lose, you're just bad news
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You don't get no second chance

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It was a hot summer night in mid July
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A hangover and a black eye
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Your momma said I was a loser, A dead end cruiser
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And deep inside I knew that she was right

G#            D#
Born to lose, was what they said
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You know I was better off dead
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Born to lose, you're just bad news
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You don't get no second chance

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I tried to get myself a job Because that's the way that Things are
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wanna have nice Things and go far
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Well I'm sorry Honey, I ain't got much money
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But I can sure play this here old Guitar
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As the years went on, I made a few mistakes 
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it was a Troublebound for this young Man
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The police knockin' at my Door, "Well he don't live here noMore
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and he's playin' in a rock 'n'Roll band."

G#            D#
Born to lose, was what they said
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You know I was better off dead
G#            D#
Born to lose, you're just bad news
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You don't get no second chance