An American Draft Dodger In Thunder Bay Chords

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Dm9Going where I Gm9can't be Afound

And I Dm9won't be Gm9coming 'Around

Dm9His father Tom said you better sign on

You'd better Gtake up your gun and fAm9ight Em9

Dm9I got nothing against them Viet Cong

GWhat did they do wrong and why Am9am I rEm9ight?

Dm9He's on his way to Thunder Bay

Crossed the Gborder late at nAm9ight Em9

Dm9And it was high stakes until he saw the Great Lakes

And he fGelt the cold wind bAm9ite Em9

Dm9Going where IGm9 can't be Afound

Dm9And I won't bGm9e coming 'Around

No, I'm an ADm9merican on the Canadian Shield

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And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields

Dm9 Bflat

It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're

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Dm9Missing his home, he would wake up in a cold sweat

Dm9And pick up the phone and hope that Tom found aG way to Am9forgeEm9t

Dm9He's been teaching at the high school, learning the game

In TGhunder Bay we're all the sAm9ame Em9

Dm9He's one of us, he has our trust

But there's Gno going back once the lAm9ine is cEm9rossed

Dm9I'm an American on the Canadian Shield

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And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields

Dm9 Bflat

It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're

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Dm9You can't ask what you're asking me to do

And I hCope you understand when FI refAuse

Dm9I'm going North with my point of view

And I'm nCever gonna think the sFame as Ayou

Dm9And I'm where I can't be fCound F A

Dm9And I won't be coming 'roCund F A

DmimNo, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield

Bflat F A

And I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields

Dm9 Bflat

It gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're

FunderstAood